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Taking a fresh look at the interconnections between medieval images, texts, theater, and practices of viewing, reading and listening, this explicitly interdisciplinary volume explores various manifestations of performance and meanings of performativity in the Middle Ages. The contributors-from their various perspectives as scholars of art history, religion, history, literary studies, theatre studies, music and dance-combine their resources to reassess the complexity of expressions and definitions of medieval performance in a variety of different media.Among the topics considered are interconnections between ritual and theater; dynamics of performative readings of illuminated manuscripts, buildings and sculptures; linguistic performances of identity; performative models of medieval spirituality; social and political spectacles encoded in ceremonies; junctures between spatial configurations of the medieval stage and mnemonic practices used for meditation; performances of late medieval music that raise questions about the issues of historicity, authenticity, and historical correctness in performance; and, tensions inherent in the very notion of a medieval dance performance.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Visualizing Medieval Performance
• Subtitle: Perspectives, Histories, Contexts
• Author: Elina Gertsman
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 366
• EAN: 9780754664369
• ISBN: 0754664368
• ID: 04680846
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 700 g
• Dimensions: 165 × 235 × 36 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. October 2008

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