Overview

As both layman and Franciscan friar, the Catalan writer known as Francesc Moner (ca 1463–1495) is one of the leading exponents of the bilingual (Catalan-Castilian) culture that flourished in Barcelona in the late 1400s. In his approach to Sepultura d’amor (Burial of Love), Moner’s longest poem, Peter Cocozzella focuses on the author’s ingenious version of a kind of parody that desacralizes but does not desecrate the celebration of the funeral Mass. Cocozzella discovers the aspects of Moner’s unconventional idea of a theater based on the dramatics of the monologue and on the transformation of the divine ritual into a human analogue of transubstantiation. This allegorical pattern validates the profile of the masterpiece in question as one of the earliest manifestations of the auto sacramental, the distinctive theatrical genre scripted in the language of Castile. The book includes the text of Sepultura and its translation. 

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Author:   Peter Cocozzella
Publisher:   Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
Imprint:   Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780866986403

ISBN 10:   0866986405
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   13 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter I: The Cancionero Background Chapter II: A Spectacle on Display Chapter III: The Gestation of Dramatic Modes Chapter IV: The Dramatization of the Monologue Chapter V: The Sermon in Dramatic Effects Chapter VI: Parody as Desacralization Chapter VII: Dramatization on the Way to Performance Chapter VIII: Embryonic and Full-Fledged Theatricality Chapter IX: Stage-Worthy Action: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Dimensions Chapter X: Visualizing the Stage Chapter XI: Configuring the Actual Stage: The Pragmatics of the Mise en Scène Chapter XII: A Religious Theater Newly Fashioned: Semiotic Functions Conclusion Appendices Illustrations Bibliography Index

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Peter Cocozzella is professor emeritus in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Binghamton University.

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