A Common Stage
Theater and Public Life in Medieval Arras
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2018
344 pages
978-1-5017-2661-3 (ISBN)
Description
A Common Stage challenges the prevalent understanding of theater history while offering the first comprehensive history of a community often credited with the invention of French as a powerful literary language.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
1 table, 2 maps, 25 halftones
1 table, 2 maps, 25 halftones
ISBN-13
978-1-5017-2661-3 (9781501726613)
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08/2007
Cornell University Press
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Person
Carol Symes is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Content
- Cover
- A COMMON STAGE
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- On Terminology and Translation
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Locating a Medieval Theater
- CHAPTER 1. A History Play: The Jeu de saint Nicolas and the World of Arras
- CHAPTER 2. Prodigals and Jongleurs: Initiative and Agency in a Theater Town
- CHAPTER 3. Access to the Media: Publicity, Participation, and the Public Sphere
- CHAPTER 4. Relics and Rites: "The Play of the Bower" and Other Plays
- CHAPTER 5. Lives in the Theater
- Conclusion: On Looking into a Medieval Theater
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
