Shakespeare and the Medieval World

This Text Provides A Panoramic Overview Of The Influence Of Medieval Culture On Shakespeare's Plays And Poems That Opens Up New Vistas Within His Work Uncovering The Richness Of His Inheritance. Cover; Contents; Textual Note; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List Of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One: Shakespeare's Medieval World; Remembered Worlds; Continuities; The Shape Of Life; The Shape Of Death; The World Of Language; Chapter Two: Total Theatre; Remembering The Religious Drama; Shakespeare And The Cycle Plays; Chapter Three: Staging The Unstageable; Presenting The Play; Immaterial Beings; Imagining Place; Time; Chapter Four: The Little World Of Man; Language And Personification; Man And The Universe; Moral Interludes And Dramatic Structure Dumbshows, Emblems And Allegorical Actionthree Types: King, Shepherd And Fool; Chapter Five: The World Of Fortune; The Falls Of Great Men; Tragedies From The Medieval World; Chapter Six: Romance, Women And The Providential World; Heroines, Inheritance And Happy Endings; Beyond The Natural; The Last Plays; Pericles; Chapter Seven: Shakespeare's Chaucer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; A Note On Bottom And The Ass; Troilus And Cressida; The Two Noble Kinsmen; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y Helen Cooper. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [257]-263) And Index. Also Issued In Printing. English