European Drama of the Early Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals)

Axton, Richard

Routledge（2026/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 230 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781032945927
• DDC分類 809.2

Full Description

First published in 1974, European Drama of the Early Middle Ages stresses the distinctive variety of the dramatic traditions, both secular and religious, and shows that throughout the period the popular and profane was a constant and lively source of enrichment to the mainstream of charge drama.Dr Axton reconstructs the forms and conventions of the major secular traditions and analyses in detail some of the finest plays of the period from traditions as various as the twelfth century Latin music dramas and the unique drama of Arras in Northern France. Turning finally to late medieval English drama he illustrates and underlines his main theme of the largely unrecognised influence of secular traditions on both the morality and cycle plays.

The period from 900 to 1400 was remarkable, as Richard Axton demonstrates, for a dramatic range which accommodated the bawdy, the crude and the fantastic beside the solemn and sacred in its constant preoccupation with man and his identity. This is a must read for scholars and researchers of English and European Literature.

Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Origins and Traditions 1. Mimicry 2. Combat 3. Dancing Game 4. Church Ceremony Part 2: The Achievement of Early Medieval Drama 5. Plays in Latin 6. Plays in the Vernaculars 7. Plays of Arras Part III: The Traditions in England 8. The Earliest English Drama 9. The Cycle Plays 10. Epilogue: Miracle and Morality Notes Further Reading Index