Author: John WrightPublisher: PIMS
ISBN: 9780888442567
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The Play of Antichrist
Author: John WrightPublisher: PIMS
ISBN: 9780888442567
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The Chester Mystery Cycle
Author: Kevin J. HartyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317947428
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
First published in 1993. Part of a series on medieval casebooks, this volume six looks at the Chester Mystery Cycle Play manuscripts and comparisons of the York and Chester Cycle. Theologically a product of the Middle Ages, historically a product of the Renaissance, what we today call the Chester Mystery Cycle is a series of twenty-four plays dramatizing the events of salvation history from Creation until Doomsday. One of four surviving English mystery cycles, the Chester Cycle, which originally included a twenty-fifth play of the Assumption surpressed sometime in the mid-sixteenth century, was, until more modern times, last performed in 1575.
The Chester Mystery Plays
Author: Maurice HusseyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Antichrist and the Lollards: Apocalypticism in Late Medieval and Reformation England
Author: Curtis V. BostickPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004474536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This study examines expectations of imminent judgment that energized reform movements in Late Medieval and Reformation Europe. It probes the apocalyptic vision of the Lollards, followers of the Oxford professor John Wycliff (1384). The Lollards repudiated the medieval church and established conventicles despite officially sanctioned prosecution. While exploring the full spectrum of late medieval apocalypticism, this work focuses on the diverse range of Wycliffite literature, political and religious treatises, sermons, biblical commentaries, including trial records, to reveal a dynamic strain of apocalyptic discourse. It shows that sixteenth-century English apocalypticism was fed by vibrant, indigenous Wycliffite well springs. The rhetoric of Lollard apocalypticism is analyzed and its effect on carriers and audiences is investigated, illuminating the rise of evil in church and society as perceived by the Lollards and their radical reform program.
Theo-Drama
Author: Hans Urs Von BalthasarPublisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681495759
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
This is the introduction to the second part of the trilogy which is von Balthasar's major work. The Glory of the Lord approaches revelation from the standpoint of the beautiful. The final part of the trilogy, the Theo-Logic, will treat Christian revelation from the standpoint of the true. In this first volume von Balthasar shows how many of the trends of modern theology (e.g. "event", "history", "orthopraxy", "dialogue", "political theology") point to an understanding of human and cosmic reality as a divine drama. He will then consider objections to such a theological dramatic theory and also the relationship between the Church and the theatre. This volume assembles the materials and the themes that will make it possible in subsequent volumes to develop this theological dramatic theory. "...meeting Balthasar was for me the beginning of a lifelong friendship I can only be thankful for. Never again have I found anyone with such a comprehensive theological and humanistic education as Balthasar and de Lubac, and I cannot even begin to say how much I owe to my encounter with them." - Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
To Chester and Beyond: Meaning, Text and Context in Early English Drama
Author: David MillsPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000950360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This volume brings together a selection of the major articles of David Mills (1938-2013), which along with similar volumes by Alexandra F. Johnston, Peter Meredith and Meg Twycross makes up a set of "Shifting Paradigms in Early English Drama Studies". Mills was one of these four key scholars whose work has changed what is known about English medieval drama and theatre. He made major contributions to understanding English medieval theatre in the widest sense but more specifically to the nature and development of medieval plays and their performance at Chester. The scope of his work from manuscript to performance has created new knowledge and insights brought about by his remarkable technical skill as an editor and researcher. His texts of the Chester Cycle of Mystery Plays have become the standard works. In the light of this outstanding research the volume is comprised of four sections: 1. Editors and Editing; 2. Cultural Contexts; 3. Staging and Performance; 4. Criticism and Evaluation. An editorial introduction opens the work.
The Legend of the Anti-Christ
Author: Stephen J. VicchioPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1556356803
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
In The Legend of the Anti-Christ, Stephen Vicchio offers a concise and historical approach to the history of the idea of the Anti-Christ, including precursors to the idea, the development of the idea in the New Testament, as well as the understandings of the legend of the Anti-Christ in the history of Christianity. Vicchio also raises the question of why there is so much emphasis in the modern world about the idea.
The Liturgical Element in the Earliest Forms of the Medieval Drama
Author: Paul Edward KretzmannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Kingdom of Snow
Author: Raymond Van DamPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812236811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Kingdom of Snow investigates the impact of Roman rule in Cappadocia and the fate of classical Greek culture in an increasingly Christian society.
Reading Texts for Performance and Performances as Texts
Author: Pamela M. KingPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000263991
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This volume brings together nineteen important articles by Pamela M. King, one of the foremost British scholars working on Early English Drama. Unique to this collection are five articles on the ‘living’ traditions of performances in Spain, discussing their origins and the modes of production that are used. Several articles use modern literary theory on aspects of early drama, whilst others consider drama in the context of late medieval poetry. The volume also includes a rich collection of articles on English scriptural plays from surviving manuscripts.