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Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (429 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351919319
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor EnglandDDC classification:
  • 391.4340942
LOC classification:
  • 2001046421
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Popular Masking -- 2. Early Masking -- 3. Carnival -- 4. Mumming -- Part 2: Courtly Masking -- 5. Tournaments -- 6. Disguisings -- 7. Courtly Mumming -- 8. Amorous Masking -- Part 3: Theatrical Masking -- 9. Mystery Plays -- 10. Morality Plays -- Part 4: Theory and Practice -- 11. Ideas and Theories of Masking -- 12. Materials and Methods of Mask-making -- 13. Terminology -- Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England presents a broad overview of masking practices, demonstrating how active and prominent an element of medieval and pre-modern culture masking was. It has obvious interest for drama and literature critics of the medieval and early modern periods; but is also useful for historians of culture, theatre and anthropology. Through its analysis of masked play this study engages both with the history of theatre and performance, and with broader cultural and historical questions of social organization, identity and the self, the performance of power, and shifting spiritual understanding.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Popular Masking -- 2. Early Masking -- 3. Carnival -- 4. Mumming -- Part 2: Courtly Masking -- 5. Tournaments -- 6. Disguisings -- 7. Courtly Mumming -- 8. Amorous Masking -- Part 3: Theatrical Masking -- 9. Mystery Plays -- 10. Morality Plays -- Part 4: Theory and Practice -- 11. Ideas and Theories of Masking -- 12. Materials and Methods of Mask-making -- 13. Terminology -- Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Index.

Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England presents a broad overview of masking practices, demonstrating how active and prominent an element of medieval and pre-modern culture masking was. It has obvious interest for drama and literature critics of the medieval and early modern periods; but is also useful for historians of culture, theatre and anthropology. Through its analysis of masked play this study engages both with the history of theatre and performance, and with broader cultural and historical questions of social organization, identity and the self, the performance of power, and shifting spiritual understanding.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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