The York Mystery Cycle and the Worship of the City
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WINNER of the 2007 David Bevington Prize The York Play is the earliest near-complete English civic mystery cycle. It evolved constantly throughout its long performance history, but the text that was recorded in the York Register shows that it was already a mature and elaborate civic festival by the time it was written down. This study uncovers the Cycle's connection with worship in York, in the sense both of devotional practice and of civic honour,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1843840987
ISBN13:9781843840985
Release Date:November 2006
Publisher:Boydell & Brewer
Length:258 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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