Four Middle English mystery cycles : textual, contextual, and critical interpretations /
Martin Stevens examines the four extant complete cycles of Middle English mystery plays in light of the most recent research on the manuscripts, sources, and records relating to the medieval drama. The first comprehensive treatment of all four of the cycles, the book emphasizes the study of the surv...
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[1987]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- TEXTUAL NOTE
- INTRODUCTION
- ONE. The York Cycle: City as Stage
- TWO. The Wakefield Cycle: The Playwright as Poet
- THREE. The N-Town Cycle: Dramatic Structure, Typology, and the Multiple Plot
- FOUR. The Chester Cycle: The Sense of an Ending
- Conclusion
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.