Everyman and Other Miracle and Morality Plays (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Everyman and Other Miracle and Morality Plays (Dover Thrift Editions) 1st Edition
by Anonymous (Author)
--Book Condition: USED--Good with medium wear on cover(fold/scratch marks). Pages clean no writings.
Western drama, having all but disappeared during the Dark Ages, reemerged spontaneously in the liturgy and life of the medieval church. Vernacular miracle plays of England's Middle Ages were performed by lay people — many by trade guilds — unschooled in church Latin, but familiar with the biblical events upon which the dramas were based. Morality plays provided moral instruction, their principal characters vivid personifications of virtue and vice. The most durable of the morality plays has proven to be Everyman, whose central character, summoned by Death, must face final judgment on the strength of his good deeds. This venerable drama is reprinted here along with three other medieval classics: The Second Shepherds' Play, Noah's Flood, and Hickscorner.
Product details
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; 1 edition (October 24, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486287262
ISBN-13: 978-0486287263
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
by Anonymous (Author)
--Book Condition: USED--Good with medium wear on cover(fold/scratch marks). Pages clean no writings.
Western drama, having all but disappeared during the Dark Ages, reemerged spontaneously in the liturgy and life of the medieval church. Vernacular miracle plays of England's Middle Ages were performed by lay people — many by trade guilds — unschooled in church Latin, but familiar with the biblical events upon which the dramas were based. Morality plays provided moral instruction, their principal characters vivid personifications of virtue and vice. The most durable of the morality plays has proven to be Everyman, whose central character, summoned by Death, must face final judgment on the strength of his good deeds. This venerable drama is reprinted here along with three other medieval classics: The Second Shepherds' Play, Noah's Flood, and Hickscorner.
Product details
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; 1 edition (October 24, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486287262
ISBN-13: 978-0486287263
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces