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V. A. Kolve.
The Play Called Corpus Christi.
Publisher: Stanford U.P., 1971 reprint (previously issued 1966).
ISBN 0804702780.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 138×214×22mm.
Page count: x,337pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some scuffs and marks on its covers, a bit of wear on the edges with the corners starting to fray, some wrinkling on the spine; page edges a bit grubby; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 421g.

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Studies the four surviving mystery cycles.

Contents: Intro. — the medieval dramatic image & its audience; Corpus Christi drama as play & game; Corpus Christi feast & the impulse toward cycle form; Corpus Christi form — principles of selection; Medieval time & English place; Religious laughter; Invention of comic action; Passion & resurrection in play & game; Natural man & evil; Goodness & natural man.

Illustrations: 2 monochrome text figures
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 11pp
Index: yes

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