TY - BOOK ID - 1682563 TI - Spectacle and public performance in the late middle ages and the renaissance PY - 2006 VL - 113 SN - 15734188 SN - 9004149287 9047408802 1435614755 9789004149281 9789047408802 PB - Leiden: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - History of civilization KW - Theatrical science KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - English drama KW - History and criticism. KW - Pageants in literature KW - Theater KW - English Literature KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - History and criticism KW - History KW - 82-291 KW - 82-251 KW - Middeleeuws toneel. Zestiende-eeuws toneel KW - Religieus toneel KW - 82-251 Religieus toneel KW - 82-291 Middeleeuws toneel. Zestiende-eeuws toneel KW - Dramatics KW - Histrionics KW - Professional theater KW - Stage KW - Theatre KW - Performing arts KW - Acting KW - Actors KW - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 KW - Congresses KW - 17th century KW - England KW - 16th century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1682563 AB - No volume about the spectacles and public performances of early modern England could pretend to treat comprehensively a body of materials so conspicuously vast. Rather than efforts to survey the territory, these essays are best understood in the original sense of the term as "essays"-as trials, attempts, experiments to open alternative ways of understanding that vast corpus of mystery plays, civic pageants, court masques and professional dramas that constitute its subject. The book crosses traditional period lines, including studies of Medieval as well as Renaissance entertainments. Once more, the essays are not organized according to a single critical or historical methodology. They employ an eclectic range of interpretive practices, reflecting the variety of interpretive approaches now current in the field. Contributors include: Tiffany J. Alkan, Robert W. Barrett, Jr., Sarah Beckwith, Tom Bishop, Peter Cockett, Richard K. Emmerson, Peter Holland, Nora Johnson, Richard C. McCoy, Lauren Shohet, and Robert E. Stillman. ER -