The Middle English Mystery Play: A Study in Dramatic Speech and Form
Diller, Hans-Jurgen
ISBN 10: 0521320623 ISBN 13: 9780521320627
Published by West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1992
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The mystery plays of medieval England have traditionally been analysed in ways which centre on the texts and their religious significance. Hans-Jurgen Diller's major study, first published in German, seeks to recover their dramatic potential by focusing on the function of language in conventional modes of speech, prayer, address and dialogue. He looks at speech and dramatic form in the plays to reveal new insights concerning spatial and temporal orientation, the expression of emotions, and the relationships between characters on stage, between actor and audience, and between the dramatic world and the ordinary world outside it. His analysis offers new ways of understanding the relationship of vernacular drama to its liturgical antecedents, and new means of distinguishing stylistically between the cycles and between the groups of plays they comprise.
Book Description: The mystery plays of medieval England have traditionally been analysed in ways which centre on the texts and their religious significance. This major study seeks to recover their dramatic potential by focusing on the function of speech and dramatic form in the plays.
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Title: The Middle English Mystery Play: A Study in ...
Publisher: West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
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Edition: 1st Edition
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