The Origin of Medieval Drama

by Leonard Goldstein

Overview

For all the scholarly literature on Medieval drama, there has yet been no social analysis of its origin, says Goldstein. Now retired in Germany after a long peripatetic academic career, he begins the task. Along the way, he proposes a new theory, which he confesses cannot be proven however much supporting evidence is presented. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838644102
Publisher:	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Publication date:	08/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	335 KB

Table of Contents

	Preface	9
1.	The Received View, Its Critics, and Its Alternatives	15
	The Received View	15
	The Critics of the Received View	19
	The Alternatives	48
2.	The Social Origin of Ancient Greek Drama	70
3.	The Historical Basis for the Origin of Medieval Drama	96
4.	The Social Relations of Concept Formation	164
	Problems of Concept Formation	165
	The Millenarian Basis of the Eucharist	197
5.	A Theory of the Origin of Medieval Drama	214
	Summary and Conclusion	227
	Notes	229
	Bibliography	247
	Index	267