The Theater of Devotion

The Theater of Devotion
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0226291022
ISBN-13 : 9780226291024
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Book Synopsis The Theater of Devotion by : Gail McMurray Gibson

Download or read book The Theater of Devotion written by Gail McMurray Gibson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a provocative reappraisal of fifteenth-century English theater through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. By emphasizing the importance of the Incarnation of Christ as a model and justification for late medieval drama and art, Gibson challenges currently held views of the secularization of late medieval culture.


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