Defining acts : drama and the politics of interpretation in late medieval England /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nisse, Ruth
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2005]
Subjects:	English drama > To 1500 > History and criticism. Political plays, English > History and criticism. Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > History and criticism. Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > To 1500. Literature and society > Great Britain > History > To 1500. Theater > Political aspects > England > History > To 1500. Social problems in literature.

Table of Contents:

Drama after Chaucer : The miller's tale and the failures of representation
Staged interpretations : civic rhetoric and Lollard politics in the York plays
Naked visions
Labor's end : the Wakefield Master's poor theater
Into exiled hands : Jewish exegesis and urban identity in The Croxton play of the sacrament
Life in motion : wisdom's devotional politics.