Beschreibung:
Claire Sponsler is Professor of English at the University of Iowa and author of a number of books, including Ritual Imports: Performing Medieval Drama in America, winner of the Barnard Hewitt Award of the American Society for Theatre Research.
List of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Theater History as a Challenge to Literary HistoryChapter 1. Shirley's HandChapter 2. Vernacular Cosmopolitanism: London Mummings and DisguisingsChapter 3. Performing PicturesChapter 4. Performance and Gloss: The Procession of Corpus ChristiChapter 5. Inscription and Ceremony: The 1432 Royal EntryChapter 6. Edible TheaterChapter 7. The Queen's DumbshowsChapter 8. On Drama's TrailAfterwordNotesWorks CitedIndexAcknowledgments