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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Enders, Jody, 1955- Death by drama and other medieval urban legends. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002 (OCoLC)606859682 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jody Enders |
ISBN: | 0226207870 9780226207872 0226207889 9780226207889 |
OCLC Number: | 49421609 |
Description: | xxx, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : medieval urban legends? -- pt. 1. Telling the difference. Lusting after saints -- Queer attractions -- Of madness and method acting -- Two priests and the hand of God -- Dying to play -- The Eel of Melun -- The devil who wasn't there -- pt. 2. Make-believe. The laughter of the children -- Burnt theatrical offerings -- Theater's living dead -- The mysterious quarry -- Seeing is believing -- The suicide of despair -- Death by drama -- Epilogue : the moment of truth -- Appendix : original documents in french and latin. |
Responsibility: | Jody Enders. |
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"It is rare to catch oneself describing a scholarly monograph as a page-turner, rarer still to be able to report that one laughed out loud while reading it, but I did both with Death by Drama." - Richard Green, Medieval Review; "Jody Enders has written that rare book that is both deeply learned and intellectually entertaining. By asking astute questions of several relatively obscure texts, she gets to the heart of what makes late medieval drama so captivating. I can't remember the last time I've learned so much while having so much fun!" - Richard K. Emmerson, executive director of the Medieval Academy of America and editor of Speculum" Read more...


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