The Digby Mary Magdalene Play
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2018
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New edition
Medieval Institute Publications (Verlag)
978-1-58044-285-5 (ISBN)
Medieval Institute Publications (Verlag)
978-1-58044-285-5 (ISBN)
The Digby Play of Mary Magdalene is a rare surviving example of the Middle English saint play. Fully annotated and extensively glossed, this edition is an essential resource.
The Digby Mary Magdalene is named after the sixteenth-century manuscript containing the play’s only known copy. Along with “The Conversion of Saint Paul,” its companion in Bodleian Library MS Digby 133, it also provides exclusive access to the dramatic genre of the English saint play. This multifaceted portrait of Mary weaves together several distinct narrative traditions of Mary as a noblewoman, prostitute, redeemed sinner, and meditative desert saint, highlighting the paradoxes central to her broad appeal. The Digby Magdalene is striking for its simultaneously local and cosmopolitan character: it reflects the local priorities, religious devotion, and prolific tradition of English drama that characterize its home of East Anglia, yet incorporates elements from continental Europe’s wealth of texts, images, and performances dedicated to the Magdalene. By participating in this international tradition, the Digby Magdalene underscores Mary’s status as one of the most widely venerated saints of Western Europe.
The Digby Mary Magdalene is named after the sixteenth-century manuscript containing the play’s only known copy. Along with “The Conversion of Saint Paul,” its companion in Bodleian Library MS Digby 133, it also provides exclusive access to the dramatic genre of the English saint play. This multifaceted portrait of Mary weaves together several distinct narrative traditions of Mary as a noblewoman, prostitute, redeemed sinner, and meditative desert saint, highlighting the paradoxes central to her broad appeal. The Digby Magdalene is striking for its simultaneously local and cosmopolitan character: it reflects the local priorities, religious devotion, and prolific tradition of English drama that characterize its home of East Anglia, yet incorporates elements from continental Europe’s wealth of texts, images, and performances dedicated to the Magdalene. By participating in this international tradition, the Digby Magdalene underscores Mary’s status as one of the most widely venerated saints of Western Europe.
Theresa Coletti is Professor of English at the University of Maryland; she is the author of Naming the Rose: Eco, Medieval Signs, and Modern Theory and Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Digby Mary Magdalene Play
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.07.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | TEAMS Middle English Texts Series |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 260 mm |
| Gewicht | 425 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-58044-285-4 / 1580442854 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-58044-285-5 / 9781580442855 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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