Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England

Theresa Coletti

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2004

Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints

Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England

Theresa Coletti

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201642

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About this book

"A broad and deep analysis of Mary Magdalene's prominence through overlapping discourses of late medieval English culture. . . . An elegantly written and valuable resource on theater, gender, and religion."—Baylor Journal of Theater and Performance

Author / Editor information

Theresa Coletti is Professor of English at the University of Maryland. She is author of Naming the Rose: Eco, Medieval Signs, and Modern Theory.

Reviews

"This fascinating and important interdisciplinary study of theatrical practice . . . reveals the importance of Middle English drama to the religious environment of fifteenth-century England"—Religious Studies Review

"Coletti scrupulously traces an elusive web of associations—texts, practices, patrons—in order to reconstruct the play's complex engagement of social, political, and religious concerns on the eve of the Reformation in England. In doing so, she calls for a long-overdue reassessment of both the play's and East Anglian culture's place in English literary, social, and religious history."—Renaissance Quarterly

"The book is magisterial: learned, gracefully written, intelligent, and aware."—Gail McMurray Gibson, Davidson College

"The importance of this study cannot be underestimated."—Medieval Review

"Theresa Coletti's book, eagerly awaited, does not disappoint."—Speculum

"In this richly rewarding book, Coletti is chiefly interested in the questions that Mary Magdalene raises about women and institutionalized religion, spirituality, and sexuality, and the possibilities and limits of female religious authority. Coletti pursues these questions by concentrating on one play, the extraordinary East Anglian drama on the life of Mary Magdalene. . . . Coletti provides a probing account of devotional and mystical texts, saints' legends, homiletic traditions, and other religious writings. . . . A masterful report on the cultural meanings of one medieval performance, but also a compelling account of how such performances matter for literary and cultural history."—Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Drama of Saints Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
2. Some East Anglian Magdalenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
3. Mystic and Preacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
4. Gender and the Anthropology of Redemption Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
5. Bodies, Theater, and Sacred Mediations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
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Acknowledgments Theresa Coletti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 360
Illustrations
- Other: 15 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Religion; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Literature; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies; Religious Studies

eBook

Published: November 15, 2013
ISBN: 9780812201642