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BL
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Record Number
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957935
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Doc. No
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b712305
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Uniform Title
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Redeformen des englischen Misterienspiels.English
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Main Entry
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Diller, Hans-Jürgen.
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Title & Author
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The Middle English mystery play : : a study in dramatic speech and form /\ Hans-Jürgen Diller ; translated by Frances Wessels.
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1992.
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Series Statement
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European studies in English literature
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Page. NO
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xvi, 336 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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0521320623
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: 9780521320627
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Notes
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Translation of: Redeformen des englischen Misterienspiels.
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-322) and indexes.
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Contents
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pt. I. The foil: Latin church drama. 1. Liturgy and drama. 2. Liturgical point of view surrounding the dramatic core dialogue. 3. 'World-containing' situations. 4. The dramatization of narrative sources -- pt. II. The English Creation to Doom cycle. 5. The origins of the Creation to Doom cycle and its stage. 6. The representation of time and space in the cycles. 7. Address to the audience. 8. Intra-dramatic speeches -- 9. Conclusions.
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Abstract
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The mystery plays of medieval England have traditionally been analysed in ways which centre on the texts and their religious significance. Hans-Jurgen Diller's major study, first published in German, seeks to recover their dramatic potential by focusing on the function of language in conventional modes of speech, prayer, address and dialogue. He looks at speech and dramatic form in the plays to reveal new insights concerning spatial and temporal orientation, the expression of emotions, and the relationships between characters on stage, between actor and audience, and between the dramatic world and the ordinary world outside it. His analysis offers new ways of understanding the relationship of vernacular drama to its liturgical antecedents, and new means of distinguishing stylistically between the cycles and between the groups of plays they comprise.
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Subject
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Bible plays, English-- History and criticism.
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Subject
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Christian drama, English (Middle)-- History and criticism.
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English drama-- To 1500-- History and criticism.
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Subject
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Literary form-- History-- To 1500.
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Subject
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Mysteries and miracle-plays, English-- History and criticism.
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Subject
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Rhetoric, Medieval.
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Subject
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Speech in literature.
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Subject
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Bible dans la littérature
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Mystères et miracles anglais-- Histoire et critique
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Subject
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Parole dans la littérature
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Rhétorique médiévale
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Théâtre anglais-- Avant 1500-- Histoire et critique
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Subject
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18.05 English literature.
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Subject
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24.11 history of drama.
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Bible plays, English.
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Christian drama, English (Middle)
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English drama-- To 1500-- History and criticism.
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Subject
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English drama.
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Subject
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Literary form.
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Subject
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Literature.
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Subject
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Mysterienspiel
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Mysteries and miracle-plays, English-- History and criticism.
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Subject
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Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.
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Subject
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Rede
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Subject
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Rhetoric, Medieval.
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Subject
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Rhetoric, Medieval.
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Speech in literature.
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Subject
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Speech in literature.
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Subject
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Bijbel.
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Subject
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Middelengels.
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Subject
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Mysteriespelen.
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Subject
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Bible-- In literature.
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Bible-- In literature.
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Bible.
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European studies in English literature.
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New Testament-- In literature.
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Subject
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Mittelenglisch.
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Dewey Classification
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822/.051609
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LC Classification
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PR643.M8D55 1992
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NLM classification
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18.05bcl
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24.11bcl
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HH 4126rvk
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Added Entry
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Wessels, Frances
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