Feb 22, 2024
Gregory Roper, a professor of literature at
the College of Dallas, joins the podcast to debate medieval
“thriller performs” (additionally known as “miracle performs”). In England these
performs, usually grouped collectively in cycles spanning all of salvation
historical past, had been carried out by city guilds for the pageant of Corpus
Christi. This custom, which developed out of the liturgy, may
be mentioned to signify the revival of drama in Europe, and was an
vital affect on the Elizabethan theatre. Shakespeare
referenced this custom a variety of occasions in his performs.
The performs, which served a partly didactic
goal, are filled with theological typology, but in addition pleasant
verse, earthy humor, and a thought-provoking use of
anachronism.
Hyperlinks
Episode on English carols
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-59-glorious-english-carol/
A.C. Cawley, Everyman and Medieval Miracle
Performs
https://www.amazon.com/Everyman-Medieval-Miracle-Performs-Cawley/dp/046087280X
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