The Castle of Perseverance (Teams Middle English Texts) - Softcover

Klausner, David N

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580441491 ISBN 13: 9781580441490

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications, 2010

Synopsis

This edition is based upon a new transcription of The Castle of Perseverance, now published with a gloss, notes, glossary, and an introduction, to enable classroom study of this classic morality play. The Castle of Perseverance, like the other surviving morality plays, deals allegorically with the life of man, his struggle against temptation and sin, and his hope of final redemption. The play begins before Mankind's birth and concludes with his salvation after death, presented as a close call, and features both the traditional enemies of Mankind, the World, the Flesh and the Devil, as well as his two advisors, the Good Angel and the Bad Angel. Students of Middle English at all levels will find this edition useful in their studies of medieval morality plays.

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About the Author

David Klausner has taught at the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Department of English, University of Toronto, since 1967, specializing in Old and Middle English and Middle Welsh. His publications have centred on the history of theatre in late medieval Britain, and have included collections of documents in the series Records of Early English Drama: Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Wales and the North Riding of Yorkshire for the same series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580441491
• ISBN 13: 9781580441490
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158
• Editor: Klausner David N