Sacred players: the politics of response in the Middle English religious drama

Reforming response: Protestant adaptations -- Modeling response in the Chester cycle -- Correcting response in the Digby conversion of Saint Paul -- Sanctifying response: the church and the "real presence" -- Accessing the divine in the Croxton play of the sacrament -- Devotional response...

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Main Author: Hill-Vásquez, Heather (Author)
Contributors: Vásques, Heather Hill- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC Catholic University of America Press 2007
In:Year: 2007
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Middle English language / Spiritual drama / Performance of / Audience
Further subjects:B Christianity and literature (England) History To 1500
B Mysteries and miracle-plays, English History and criticism
B Theater (England) History Medieval, 500-1500
B Christianity and literature History To 1500 England
B English drama History and criticism To 1500
B Civilization, Medieval, in literature
B English drama To 1500 History and criticism
B Christian drama, English (Middle) History and criticism
B Cycles (Literature)
B Theater History Medieval, 500-1500 England
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Summary:Reforming response: Protestant adaptations -- Modeling response in the Chester cycle -- Correcting response in the Digby conversion of Saint Paul -- Sanctifying response: the church and the "real presence" -- Accessing the divine in the Croxton play of the sacrament -- Devotional response and responsibility in the York cycle -- Gendering response: Christ's body and God's word -- Incarnational belief and gender in the Digby killing of the children -- Reforming religious performance: "feminine" response and "Catholic" behavior
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0813214971