Rhetoric And The Origins Of Medieval Drama
J Enders
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The popularity of today's courtroom media spectacles--from televised trials to best-selling fiction -- reflects a centuries-old Western tradition. In this ground-breaking exploration of the "origins" of medieval drama, Jody Enders redefines the very concept of origins as she deepens our understanding of the relationship between theater and law.
This work was awarded the Modern Language Association's Annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for an "outstanding Scholarly Work in the Field of French or Francophone Literary Studies".
The MLA Committee on Honors and Awards included with the award the following
description of the work: "Jody Ender's Rhetoric and the Origins
of Medieval Drama is not only a capital contribution to medievalism
but also amodel of intellectual method and disciplined enthusiasm. Enders
reframes the study of medieval drama genetically and aesthetically. After
establishing a new repertoire of sources - the subject matters, ideas,
methods, and physical praxis of such disciplines as rehtoric, theology,
and, especially, law - she demonstrates how elements of each model united
with, enriched, and tranformed theatrical conventions and how this process
affected the audiance. Philologically solid, critally incisive, and compellingly
readable, this work will permanently change the way medieval French theatre
is experienced, interpreted, and judged."
"Rhetoric and the Origins of Medieval Drama" by J Enders
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