Theater of the Word: Selfhood in the English Morality Play

by Julie Paulson

Book Overview

In Theater of the Word: Selfhood in the English Morality Play, Julie Paulson sheds new light on medieval constructions of the self as they emerge from within a deeply sacramental culture. The book examines the medieval morality play, a genre that explicitly addresses the question of what it means to be human and takes up the ritual traditions of confession and penance, long associated with medieval interiority, as its primary subjects.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026810462X
• ISBN13: 9780268104627
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"