| Description |
1 online resource (x, 229 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Reformations : medieval and early modern
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Reformations.
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| Summary |
"Paulson highlights a paradox of scholarship on medieval concepts of the self: The concept of an 'interior' self that is to some extent hidden from an 'external' world is uniquely modern, and hence alien to the medieval period; nevertheless, studies of the medieval idea of the self still privilege this modern binary in the language they use. What is needed, Paulson argues, is a new way of speaking about the medieval self that does not privilege anachronistic terms and concepts. To provide this, Paulson turns to the medieval morality plays--performances which depict selves being created through performative acts--to construct a more appropriate form of discourse"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The castle of perseverance and penitential platea -- A theater of the soul's interior : contemplative literature and penitential education in wisdom -- Speaking for mankind -- Everyman and community -- A new theater of the word : the morality play and the English Reformation -- Conclusion : morality drama inside out. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Self in literature.
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Self in literature. |
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Moralities, English -- History and criticism.
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Moralities, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Paulson, Julie C., 1970- Theater of the word. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019] 9780268104610 (DLC) 2019002933 |
| ISBN |
9780268104634 (electronic book) |
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0268104638 (electronic book) |
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0268104646 (electronic publication) |
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9780268104641 (electronic book) |
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9780268104610 |
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