Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays
By (Author) A. C. Cawley
Orion Publishing Co
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1st October 1993
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
822.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 127mm, Height 197mm
312g
Description
This book is part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type and includes marginal glosses and footnotes to explain difficult words and phraseology. Concentrating mainly on "Corpus Christi" pageants, this is a selection of medieval miracle plays. There is also a translation of the Cornish "Death of Pilate" to represent this branch of Celtic literature. The original words of the plays are preserved, but many archaic forms and spellings are modernized for general readers.
Author Bio
A. C. Cawley was Darnell Professor of English at the University of Queensland from 1959 o 1965 and Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature at the University of Leeds from 1965 to 1979. He died in 1993.
