Language and Stage in Medieval and Renaissance England
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521593344
ISBN-13
9780521593342
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 5th, 1998
Print length
290 Pages
Weight
586 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 23.60 x 2.40 cms
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This study explores the use of other languages in medieval and Renaissance English drama. From the mystery cycles to Shakespeare, Janette Dillon examines why other languages increasingly invade English plays, and how their significance is illuminated by developments in Church and state.
This study explores the use of other languages, especially Latin, in medieval and Renaissance English drama. Until the medieval period Latin was regarded as the sacramental language of authority, but in the newly politicized linguistic arena of the late fourteenth century it became a symbol of the potential enemy from Rome. In this book Janette Dillon examines why, during the period 1400 to 1600, other languages increasingly invade English plays, and how their significance is illuminated by developments in Church and state, in particular the advancing Reformation and expanding English nationalism. In marked contrast to other related studies, Dillon focuses on drama as performance and employs a wide range of works, from the mystery cycles to The Spanish Tragedy, and finally Shakespeare.
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