{"product_id":"enacting-the-bible-in-medieval-and-early-modern-drama-9781526131591","title":"Enacting the Bible in Medieval and Early Modern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'There is much here to stimulate, and encourage new attention to the variety and complexity of biblical plays.'\u003cbr\u003eCathy Hume, \u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Chanita Goodblatt and Eva von Contzen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Medieval drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Lay piety and impiety: the role of Noah’s wife in the Chester play of \u003ci\u003eNoah’s Flood \u003c\/i\u003e– Lawrence Besserman\u003cbr\u003e2 Typology, community, and stagecraft in the N-town ‘Trial of Mary and Joseph’ – Jonathan Stavsky\u003cbr\u003e3 Embodiment and joint attention: an enactive reading of the Middle English cycle plays– Eva von Contzen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: From medieval to early modern drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 From medieval to early modern choric threnody in biblical plays – Silvia Bigliazzi\u003cbr\u003e5 The itinerant healer as a stage role: its origins in religious drama – M. A. Katritzky\u003cbr\u003e6 Citing scripture in later medieval and early modern English morality drama – Cathy Shrank\u003cbr\u003e7 Religious violence and dramatic innovation in the Tudor interlude: John Heywood’s \u003ci\u003eThe Pardoner and the Friar\u003c\/i\u003e – Greg Walker\u003cbr\u003e8 Elizabethan biblical drama – Paul Whitfield White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Early modern drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Protestant place, Protestant props in the plays of Nicholas Grimald– Elisabeth Dutton\u003cbr\u003e10 Staging prophecy: \u003ci\u003eA Looking Glass for London\u003c\/i\u003e and the Book of Jonah– Hannibal Hamlin\u003cbr\u003e11 Early modern dramatic martyrdom– Monika Fludernik\u003cbr\u003e12 ‘Samson Figuru nese’: biblical plays between Czech drama and English comedy in early modern Central Europe– Pavel Drábek \u003cbr\u003e13 To play the Fool: the Book of Esther in early modern biblical drama– Chanita Goodblatt\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040995377495,"sku":"9781526131591","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/enacting-the-bible-in-medieval-and-early-modern-drama-9781526131591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}