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Enacting the Bible in Medieval and Early Modern Drama

Enacting the Bible in Medieval and Early Modern Drama

Von Contzen, Eva
Goodblatt, Chanita

Hardcover

Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

Literary CriticismPlays

ISBN10: 1526131595
ISBN13: 9781526131591
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Feb 27 2020
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
The thirteen chapters in this collection open up new horizons for the study of biblical drama by putting special emphasis on multitemporality, the intersections of biblical narrative and performance, and the strategies employed by playwrights to rework and adapt the biblical source material in Catholic, Protestant and Jewish culture. Aspects under scrutiny include dramatic traditions, confessional and religious rites, dogmas and debates, conceptualisations of performance, and audience response. The contributors stress the co-presence of biblical and contemporary concerns in the periods under discussion, conceiving of biblical drama as a central participant in the dynamic struggle to both interpret and translate the Bible.

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