Towneley Cycle: Unity and Diversity

by Peter Happé

This volume provides a detailed overview of the Towneley cycle of plays, which were written c. 1500. The plays begin with the fall of Lucifer and end with the Last Judgement. Peter Happ examines the cycle's textual and manuscript history and discusses issues of language and style, the structure of the cycle, and its possible sources and analogues. He also addresses the historical and religious context of the cycle and its performance history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708320481
• ISBN13: 9780708320488
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 228 Pages