The Performance Tradition of the Medieval English University: The Works of Thomas Chaundler

Author:   Thomas Meacham
Publisher:   Medieval Institute Publications
Edition:   New edition
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9781580443555


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   20 January 2020
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Author:   Thomas Meacham
Publisher:   Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint:   Medieval Institute Publications
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.442kg
ISBN:  

9781580443555


ISBN 10:   1580443559
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   20 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Abstract Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction: University Drama Before the Tudor Period Performative Ideation and the New Wykehamist Ideal Devotional Performativity: A Ductus for the Trinity College MS Libellus de Laudibus Duarum Civitatum: A Medieval Altercatio Exchanging Performative Words: Christmas Kings, Epistolary Performance, and Honest Solace Conclusion Appendix 1: Textual and Performative Communities of Oxford, Wells, and Exeter Appendix 2: Performance Spaces at Wells Cathedral Appendix 3: The Codicological Implications of the All Souls College MS Appendix 4: Cambridge: Trinity College MS R.14.5 Illustrations Appendix 5: Performative Oxford Letters and Related Material Bibliography Index

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This is a genuinely and substantially transformative study that significantly fleshes out what can be known, understood and imagined about the subtle textures of cultural life in fifteenth-century England. (Mishtooni Bose, University of Oxford, in: The Review of English Studies, New Series, 1-3, 2020. doi: 10.1093/res/hgaa067).


"""This is a genuinely and substantially transformative study that significantly fleshes out what can be known, understood and imagined about the subtle textures of cultural life in fifteenth-century England."" (Mishtooni Bose, University of Oxford, in: The Review of English Studies, New Series, 1-3, 2020. doi: 10.1093/res/hgaa067)."


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Thomas Meacham is Director of the Arts Center and Assistant Professor of Theatre at Lake Superior State University. His research explores unconventional medieval performance practices in addition to contemporary examinations of performativity and gender. He received the June Bennett Larsen Fellowship from the theatre department at the CUNY Graduate Center and the Schallek Award from the Medieval Academy of America in recognition for his dissertation.

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