IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 723: Medieval Drama Studies in Honour of Alexandra Johnston, II: The Cycles Then and Now
Tuesday 12 July 2005, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society |
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Organiser: | Peter Greenfield, Department of English, University of Puget Sound, Washington |
Moderator/Chair: | Peter Greenfield, Department of English, University of Puget Sound, Washington |
Paper 723-a | The Towneley Cycle without the Wakefield Master (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Performance Art - Drama |
Paper 723-b | The Cycle of History: The York Plays and the Speculum Historiale (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Performance Art - Drama |
Paper 723-c | Life/Cycle: Modern (Re-)Production of Medieval Drama (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Performance Art - Drama |
Abstract | The session honors Alexandra Johnston on her retirement by bringing together two of her former graduate students and a scholar-colleague to explore new perspectives on the mystery cycles, inspired by Johnston’s work on the York cycle and records. Happe considers the Towneley Cycle in the light of recent documentary discoveries about its provenance. Tiner proposes a new source for the structure of the York Cycle, the Speculum Historiale of Vincent of Beauvais. Epp asks what modern performance can tell us about the cycles that medieval records cannot. |