The Performance Tradition of the Medieval English University: The Works of Thomas Chaundler Contributor(s): Meacham, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580443559 ISBN-13: 9781580443555 Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications OUR PRICE: $119.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Drama | Medieval - Education | History |
Dewey: 872.04 |
LCCN: 2019956313 |
Series: Early Drama, Art, and Music |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.00 lbs) 210 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This is a truly paradigm-shifting study that reads a key text in Latin Humanist studies as the culmination, rather than an early example, of a tradition in university drama. It persuasively argues against the common assumption that there was no drama in the medieval universities until the syllabus was influenced by humanist ideas, and posits a new way of reading the performative dimensions of fourteenth and fifteenth-century university education in, for example, Ciceronian tuition on epistolary delivery. David Bevington calls it an impressively learned discussion and commends the sophistication of its use of performativity theory. |