TY - BOOK ID - 33059077 TI - Representations of the Body in Middle English Biblical Drama PY - 2018 SN - 3319909177 3319909185 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Christian drama, English (Middle) KW - Human body in literature. KW - Body, Human, in literature KW - Human figure in literature KW - History and criticism. KW - Literature, Medieval. KW - Drama. KW - Religion-History. KW - Medieval Literature. KW - History of Religion. KW - European literature KW - Medieval literature KW - Drama KW - Drama, Modern KW - Dramas KW - Dramatic works KW - Plays KW - Playscripts KW - Stage KW - Literature KW - Dialogue KW - Philosophy KW - Religion—History. KW - Religion KW - Religious history KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33059077 AB - Representations of the Body in Middle English Biblical Drama combines epistemological enquiry, gender theory and Foucauldian concepts to investigate the body as a useful site for studying power, knowledge and truth. Intertwining the conceptualizations of violence and the performativity of gender identity and roles, Estella Ciobanu argues that studying violence in drama affords insights into the cultural and social aspects of the later Middle Ages. The text investigates these biblical plays through the perspective of the devil and offers a unique lens that exposes medieval disquiets about Christian teachings and the discourse of power. Through detailed primary source analysis and multidisciplinary scholarship, Ciobanu constructs a text that interrogates the significance of performance far beyond the stage. . ER -