The Play about the Antichrist (Ludus de Antichristo) : : A Dramaturgical Analysis, Historical Commentary, and Latin Edition with a New English Verse Translation / / Carol Symes, Kyle A. Thomas.

The Play about the Antichrist (Ludus de Antichristo) was composed around 1160 at the imperial Bavarian abbey of Tegernsee, at a critical point in the power-struggle between the papacy and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. This new translation and commentary reveals this drama to be strikingly representa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Early Drama, Art, and Music
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Physical Description:1 online resource (164 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I: The Play: Historical, Literary, and Performance Contexts (Kyle A. Thomas)
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 A Performance Dramaturgy
  • 2 History, Eschatology, and Education: Contextual Frameworks for The Play about the Antichrist
  • 3 Liturgies, Æsthetics, and Symbolic Meaning-Making
  • Part II: A New Translation and Edition (Kyle A. Thomas, Carol Symes)
  • Introduction
  • Dramatis Personæ
  • Ludus de Antichristo
  • The Play about the Antichrist
  • Bibliography