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University of Mississippi
Staging Sodomy: Deviance and Devotion on the Early English Stage
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis is an examination of the multivalent category of sodomy in late medieval works of and about biblical drama: A Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge, the York Joseph's Trouble About Mary and the N-Town Passion plays. Because the Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge invokes charges of sodomy in its attack on biblical drama, this work argues that the medieval stage is particularly hospitable to exploring the queer moments of Christian theology. Focusing on the sodomitic relationships of Christ's life as they are revealed in York's Joseph's Trouble and the N-Town Passion sequences, this thesis argues that these plays problematize Christ's legendary hostile relationship to the sin against nature.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.A. in English
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Year dc:date.available
- 2012
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Pelts, Bobby Ellis
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Mary Hayes
- Colby Kullman
- Gregory Heyworth
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/226
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1225