Sturges, Robert Stuart. The circulation of power in medieval Biblical drama : theaters of authority

Folger bibliographic ID: 345522
Folger call number: PR643.P68 S88 2015
Folger holdings ID: 496327

"This book investigates various modes of resistance to authority found in medieval Biblical drama. It concerns the ways in which the dissemination of power throughout culture is represented in these plays: the human body, objects, gender, politics, economics, law, and theater itself, as well as religion, are all registers in which such resistance may be enacted"--

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-211) and index

Contents

1. Introduction: Power, History, Drama -- 2. The Body: Bare Life in the Passion Plays -- 3. Things: Objects and Agency in the Trial and Crucifixion Plays -- 4. Gender/Politics: Resistant Motherhood in the Innocents Plays and the Planctus Mariae -- 5. Economics: Money, Labor, and Ideology in Four Towneley Plays -- 6. Law: Obligation and Legal Parody in the Cain and Abel Plays -- 7. Conclusion: The Authority of the Audience

Extended title: The circulation of power in medieval Biblical drama : theaters of authority / Robert S. Sturges

Power (Social sciences) in literature Christian drama, English (Middle) English drama Religious drama Drama, Medieval LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture

author: Sturges, Robert Stuart, 1953-