Gesture and movement on stage in early drama have previously received very little attention in scholarship. The present collection of essays is the first book to present sensible, penetrating, and wide-ranging discussions of the gestural effects that were integral to the early stage. In addition to consideration of the influence of classical rhetoric and reference to medieval texts and documents, the essays carefully bring to bear evidence from the art of the period and hence will be of great importance for those interested in the visual arts as well as the theater; eschewing both the naive methodologies promoted in past criticism and ephemeral theoretical concerns, the book is truly ground-breaking. These essays will need to be perused by every serious theater historian or student of art concerned with the late Middle Ages.

About the Author

Clifford Davidson is professor emeritus of English and Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University.

Book Information
ISBN 9781580440288
Author Clifford Davidson
Format Hardback
Page Count 284
Imprint Medieval Institute Publications
Publisher Medieval Institute Publications
Weight(grams) 660g