Realism in the Medieval Mystery Plays

An intensive study and analysis of some of the medieval mystery plays—remnants of the York, Townley, Coventry, and Chester Cycles—will inevitably show that realism was very prevalent in the literature of the fourteenth century. Of course Langland's Piers Plowman and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are even better evidences of this fact, but somehow the spirit of any age is nowhere in literature as vividly and correctly depicted and reflected as in its plays. To account for this dominant realistic literary tendency, perhaps a brief survey of the political and social background, followed by a short antecedent history of the English drama might here be, both appropriate and enlightening.

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

1933

Author dc:creator

• Barta de, Mary Antoinette N.D.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Fore, Harry F.

Statement dc:rights

• A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/91863

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/91863