Cover of The Theater of Devotion

Book 1995

The Theater of Devotion

2 readers

Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Published
1995
  • Christianity
  • Cultural studies
  • Literature And Society
  • Drama
  • English
  • Literary Criticism
  • Plays
  • British Isles

In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a provocative reappraisal of fifteenth-century English theater through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. By emphasizing the importance of the Incarnation of Christ as a model and justification for late medieval drama and art, Gibson challenges currently held views of the secularization of late medieval culture.