The Queen's Dumbshows: John Lydgate and the Making of Early Theater

by Claire Sponsler

No medieval writer reveals more about early English drama than John Lydgate, Claire Sponsler contends. Best known for his enormously long narrative poems The Fall of Princes and The Troy Book, Lydgate also wrote numerous verses related to theatrical performances and ceremonies. This rich yet understudied body of material includes mummings for London guildsmen and sheriffs, texts for wall hangings that combined pictures and poetry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245954
• ISBN13: 9780812245950
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"