The Wakefield Master's Dramatic Art: A Drama of Spiritual Understanding
By Liam O. Purdon.
Description
"Liam Purdon uses philosophical, historical, and poetical sources brilliantly to place the Wakefield Master in the right literary pantheon--the ranks of English dramatical geniuses leading up to Marlowe and Shakespeare."--James J. Paxson, University of Florida"Liam Purdon's exploration of the relationship between the natural, the practical, the technical, and the spiritual aspects of medieval life, as it was lived and celebrated in the Towneley plays, yields rich insights pertinent to scholars of the Middle Ages."--Laura F. Hodges, author of Chaucer and the Costume:...
ISBN(s)
0813026032, 9780813026039
