Performing Medieval Narrative
Published on 26. May 2005
Book
Hardback
278 pages
978-1-84384-039-8 (ISBN)
Description
Broad and wide-ranging survey of and investigation into the important question of whether medieval narrative was designed for performance.
This book provides the first comprehensive study of the performance of medieval narrative, using examples from England and the Continent and a variety of genres to examine the crucial question of whether - and how - medieval narratives were indeed intended for performance. Moving beyond the familiar dichotomy between oral and written literature, the various contributions emphasize the range and power of medieval performance traditions, and demonstrate thatknowledge of the modes and means of performance is crucial for appreciating medieval narratives.
The book is divided into four main parts, with each essay engaging with a specific issue or work, relating it to larger questions about performance. It first focuses on representations of the art of medieval performers of narrative. It then examines relationships between narrative performances and the material books that inspired, recorded, or representedthem. The next section studies performance features inscribed in texts and the significance of considering performability. The volume concludes with contributions by present-day professional performers who bring medieval narratives to life for contemporary audiences. Topics covered include orality, performance, storytelling, music, drama, the material book, public reading, and court life.
This book provides the first comprehensive study of the performance of medieval narrative, using examples from England and the Continent and a variety of genres to examine the crucial question of whether - and how - medieval narratives were indeed intended for performance. Moving beyond the familiar dichotomy between oral and written literature, the various contributions emphasize the range and power of medieval performance traditions, and demonstrate thatknowledge of the modes and means of performance is crucial for appreciating medieval narratives.
The book is divided into four main parts, with each essay engaging with a specific issue or work, relating it to larger questions about performance. It first focuses on representations of the art of medieval performers of narrative. It then examines relationships between narrative performances and the material books that inspired, recorded, or representedthem. The next section studies performance features inscribed in texts and the significance of considering performability. The volume concludes with contributions by present-day professional performers who bring medieval narratives to life for contemporary audiences. Topics covered include orality, performance, storytelling, music, drama, the material book, public reading, and court life.
Reviews / Votes
This excellent collection proves that on the stage, oral and gestural performance are just as important as texts. [It] is warmly recommended for purchase by university libraries and schools of acting. * FIFTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES * This excellent collection proves that on the stage, oral and gestural performance are just as important as texts. * FIFTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES * Will be of interest to historians of performance as well as to literary historians. * ARTHURIANA * Brings together a rich variety of insights regarding the performance of many different types of medieval narrative. * ECONOMIA *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen
8 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
584 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84384-039-8 (9781843840398)
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Additional editions
Evelyn Birge Vitz | Nancy Freeman Regalado | Marilyn Lawrence
Performing Medieval Narrative
E-Book
05/2005
1st Edition
De Gruyter
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Persons
Evelyn Birge Vitz is Professor of French and Affiliated Professor of Comparative Literature and Religious Studies at New York University, USA. Nancy Freeman Regalado is Professor of French at New York University, USA. Marilyn Lawrence is a Visiting Scholar of the French Department at New York University, USA.
Content
Introduction [with Nancy Freeman Regalado and Marilyn Lawrence] - Evelyn Birge Vitz
Introduction [with Evelyn Birge Vitz and Marilyn Lawrence] - Nancy Freeman Regalado
Introduction [with Evelyn Birge Vitz and Nancy Freeman Regalado] - Marilyn Lawrence
`He was the best teller of tales in the world': Performing Medieval Welsh Narrative - Sioned Davies
The Complaint of the Makers: Wynnere and Wastoure and the `Misperformance Topos' in Medieval England - Joyce Coleman
Dioneo's Repertory: Performance and Writing in Boccaccio's Decameron - John Ahern
Mise en Texte as Indicator of Oral Performance in Old French Verse Narrative - Keith Busby
Erotic Reading in the Middle Ages: Performance and Re-performance of Romance - Evelyn Birge Vitz
Oral Performance of Written Narrative in the Medieval French Romance Ysaye le Triste - Marilyn Lawrence
Performing Romance: Arthurian Interludes in Sarrasin's Le roman du Hem [1278] - Nancy Freeman Regalado
Performing Fabliaux - Brian Levy
Preaching, Storytelling, and the Performance of Short Pious Narratives - Adrian P. Tudor
Reading, Reciting, and Performing the Renart - Kenneth Varty
Turkic Bard and Medieval Entertainer: What a Living Epic Tradition Can Tell Us about Oral Performance of Narrative in the Middle Ages - Karl Reichl
Beowulf, the Edda, and the Performance of Medieval Epic: Notes from the Workshop of a Reconstructed `Singer of Tales' - Benjamin Bagby
The Weddynge of Sir Gawen and Dame Ragnell: Performance and Intertextuality in Middle English Popular Romance - Linda Marie Zaerr
`Une aventure vous dirai': Performing Medieval Narrative - Anne Azema
Sequels [with Nancy Freeman Regalado and Marilyn Lawrence] - Evelyn Birge Vitz
Sequels [with Evelyn Birge Vitz and Marilyn Lawrence] - Nancy Freeman Regalado
Sequels [with Evelyn Birge Vitz and Nancy Freeman Regalado] - Marilyn Lawrence
Introduction [with Evelyn Birge Vitz and Marilyn Lawrence] - Nancy Freeman Regalado
Introduction [with Evelyn Birge Vitz and Nancy Freeman Regalado] - Marilyn Lawrence
`He was the best teller of tales in the world': Performing Medieval Welsh Narrative - Sioned Davies
The Complaint of the Makers: Wynnere and Wastoure and the `Misperformance Topos' in Medieval England - Joyce Coleman
Dioneo's Repertory: Performance and Writing in Boccaccio's Decameron - John Ahern
Mise en Texte as Indicator of Oral Performance in Old French Verse Narrative - Keith Busby
Erotic Reading in the Middle Ages: Performance and Re-performance of Romance - Evelyn Birge Vitz
Oral Performance of Written Narrative in the Medieval French Romance Ysaye le Triste - Marilyn Lawrence
Performing Romance: Arthurian Interludes in Sarrasin's Le roman du Hem [1278] - Nancy Freeman Regalado
Performing Fabliaux - Brian Levy
Preaching, Storytelling, and the Performance of Short Pious Narratives - Adrian P. Tudor
Reading, Reciting, and Performing the Renart - Kenneth Varty
Turkic Bard and Medieval Entertainer: What a Living Epic Tradition Can Tell Us about Oral Performance of Narrative in the Middle Ages - Karl Reichl
Beowulf, the Edda, and the Performance of Medieval Epic: Notes from the Workshop of a Reconstructed `Singer of Tales' - Benjamin Bagby
The Weddynge of Sir Gawen and Dame Ragnell: Performance and Intertextuality in Middle English Popular Romance - Linda Marie Zaerr
`Une aventure vous dirai': Performing Medieval Narrative - Anne Azema
Sequels [with Nancy Freeman Regalado and Marilyn Lawrence] - Evelyn Birge Vitz
Sequels [with Evelyn Birge Vitz and Marilyn Lawrence] - Nancy Freeman Regalado
Sequels [with Evelyn Birge Vitz and Nancy Freeman Regalado] - Marilyn Lawrence