Saints and the Audience in Middle English Biblical Drama / / Chester Norman Scoville.

The study of saints in medieval biblical drama has often been neglected in favour of the study of sinners ? the villains and the rogues. In Saints and the Audience in Middle English Biblical Drama, Chester N. Scoville takes a different tack, examining the language and rhetoric of saintly characters...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2004
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Medieval Drama and Community Identity
  • 2. Thomas and the Limits of Rhetoric
  • 3. Mary Magdalene and Ethical Decorum
  • 4. Joseph, Pathos, and the Audience
  • 5. Paul and the Rhetoric of Sainthood
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index