The Drama of Masculinity and Medieval English Guild Culture (The New Middle Ages)
Description
This study argues that late medieval English 'mystery plays' were about masculinity as much as Christian theology, modes of devotion, or civic self-consciousness. Performed repeatedly by generations of merchants and craftsmen, these Biblical plays produced fantasies and anxieties of middle class, urban masculinity, many of which are familiar today.
Keywords
MASCULINITYDRAMA_HISTORY AND CRITICISMMEN_SOCIAL CONDITIONSGUILDSENGLAND_SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMSGREAT BRITAIN_SOCIAL CONDITIONSGREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY_TO 1485
2007Book
Author(s)CHRISTINA MARIE FITZGERALD
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781403972774
LanguageEnglish
