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Saints at Play: The Performance Features of French Hagiographic Mystery Plays

Vicki L. Hamblin

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Description:In the introduction to her study of twenty-eight French nonbiblical hagiographic mystery plays from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Hamblin notes that “this approach is intended to strengthen a comparative analysis of relatively similar texts created within a particular cultural setting. [The plays’] somewhat parallel narrative and performative structures facilitate their comparison as performance remnants. . . . To that end, the first three chapters of this study will investigate the cultural contexts in which these plays were produced and performed, as well as the cultural content that spoke to and for the communities that created them. In two subsequent chapters, the performance features of these remnants, verbal and nonverbal, textual and supratextual, will be compared in search of evidence of a collective performance history. . . . My hope is . . . to suggest a more performative reading of the works within recognized cultural parameters by examining a set number of saints’ plays across cultural, thematic, and performance lines.”Contents1. “Grans et petis vueillez vous taire”: Communities at Play; The Mystery Play’s Community; The Communities’ Mystery Plays2. “Entendés si voulés aprandre”: Genre, Content, Identity; The Mystery Play “Genre”; Synopses of the Hagiographic Legends; Maidens, Martyrs, Bishops, and Kings; Convention and Identity3. “Tout cecy sera récité”: Texts and Contexts; Preserving the Texts; The Texts’ Communities; Communities and Their Products4. “Vous pouez veoir en ce repaire”: Theatrical Spaces and Places; Shaping the Theaters; Setting the Stage; Staging the Plays5. “Et qui doyt commencer commence”: Performing the Plays; Traffic and Timing; Words and Gestures; Reenactments and Rituals; Songs, Music, and Sounds; Imagining the PerformancesConclusion “Que voiz cy le livre achevé”: Reading PerformanceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saints at Play: The Performance Features of French Hagiographic Mystery Plays. To get started finding Saints at Play: The Performance Features of French Hagiographic Mystery Plays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In the introduction to her study of twenty-eight French nonbiblical hagiographic mystery plays from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Hamblin notes that “this approach is intended to strengthen a comparative analysis of relatively similar texts created within a particular cultural setting. [The plays’] somewhat parallel narrative and performative structures facilitate their comparison as performance remnants. . . . To that end, the first three chapters of this study will investigate the cultural contexts in which these plays were produced and performed, as well as the cultural content that spoke to and for the communities that created them. In two subsequent chapters, the performance features of these remnants, verbal and nonverbal, textual and supratextual, will be compared in search of evidence of a collective performance history. . . . My hope is . . . to suggest a more performative reading of the works within recognized cultural parameters by examining a set number of saints’ plays across cultural, thematic, and performance lines.”Contents1. “Grans et petis vueillez vous taire”: Communities at Play; The Mystery Play’s Community; The Communities’ Mystery Plays2. “Entendés si voulés aprandre”: Genre, Content, Identity; The Mystery Play “Genre”; Synopses of the Hagiographic Legends; Maidens, Martyrs, Bishops, and Kings; Convention and Identity3. “Tout cecy sera récité”: Texts and Contexts; Preserving the Texts; The Texts’ Communities; Communities and Their Products4. “Vous pouez veoir en ce repaire”: Theatrical Spaces and Places; Shaping the Theaters; Setting the Stage; Staging the Plays5. “Et qui doyt commencer commence”: Performing the Plays; Traffic and Timing; Words and Gestures; Reenactments and Rituals; Songs, Music, and Sounds; Imagining the PerformancesConclusion “Que voiz cy le livre achevé”: Reading PerformanceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saints at Play: The Performance Features of French Hagiographic Mystery Plays. To get started finding Saints at Play: The Performance Features of French Hagiographic Mystery Plays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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