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E. Catherine Dunn.
The Gallican Saint’s Life and the Late Roman Dramatic Tradition.

Published Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1989.
ISBN 0813206626.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 146x223x20mm.
Page count: ix,164pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs & creases on the dustjacket, including a heavy crease on the front flyleaf; the spine and edges are somewhat faded but not too heavily worn; the book itself looks in good order, text appear to be free of marking.


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Weight without packaging: 431g.

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Avoids the notion of the mass as drama to investigate the origins of medieval drama in ancient mimic and pantomimic performance as adapted in later Gallic liturgies.

Contents: Jean Mabillon's essays on the Gallican liturgy; Modern quest for Gallican & Hispanic liturgical texts; Tradition of Roman drama & the saint's life; Recitation of the saint’s life in Gallican & Hispanic liturgies; Liturgical dance as sacred drama — Hispanic paradigm; Juglaría & the dramatic saints’ lives.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 11pp
Index: yes

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See also | Drama | Hagiography | Liturgy | 

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