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Medieval France didn't have tales of alligators in sewers or rats found in fast food, but it did have its own urban legends, fourteen of which are retold and interpreted in this study by 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"

Death by Drama Other Medieval Urban Legends

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2002
      ISBN13: 9780226207872, 978-0226207872
      ISBN10: 0226207870

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Medieval France didn't have tales of alligators in sewers or rats found in fast food, but it did have its own urban legends, fourteen of which are retold and interpreted in this study by Jody Enders.

      Trade Review
      "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"

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