Bohemia
Britain
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civic pride
Denmark
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European middle ages
Festive drama
France
Germany
Netherlands
pageantry
performances
plays
popular culture
religious celebration
Shrovetide
Spain
traditional ceremonies
Product details
- ISBN 9780859914963
- Weight: 604g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Mar 1996
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Essays on festive drama - plays, pageantry and traditional ceremonies - of the European middle ages, with comparative material.
Festive drama, in these studies, includes processions and folk-customs as well as full-blown plays, from Spain, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Britain, Denmark, and Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). The main focus is the middleages, but style and approach are as relevant as time-scale, reflecting a culture in which there are no firm divisions between drama and pageantry and traditional ceremonies. Common themes emerge: the world turned upside-down of Shrovetide; the emotive power of religious celebration; and the links between commerce and the demonstration of civic pride. Festive customs are viewed as hidden agendas of popular culture, and performances are reconstructed. Thisis the obverse of art and power: the means by which the people, not the princes, rule the world.
Professor MEG TWYCROSS teaches at the Department of English at Lancaster University.
Contributors: PETER H. GREENFIELD, OLGA HORNER, SHEILA LINDENBAUM, CLAIRE SPONSLER, RONALD E. SURTZ, RAFAEL PORTILLO, MANUEL J. GOMEZ LARA, PAMELA M. KING, ROBERT POTTER, JOHN CARTWRIGHT, DAVID MILLS, JAMES STOKES, ALAN E. KNIGHT, MARJOKE DE ROOS, FEMKE KRAMER, TOM PETTITT, LEIF SNDERGAARD, WIM HÜSKEN, JEAN-MARC PASTRÉÉ, SALLY-BETH MACLEAN, MALCOLM JONES, CHRISTINE RICHARDSON, JARMILA F. VELTRUSKY, JOHN COLDEWEY.
MEG TWYCROSS is professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies at University of Lancaster MEG TWYCROSS is professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies at University of Lancaster
