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Ambient literature as an act of faith in the York medieval mystery cycle

Helmers, M; (2021) Ambient literature as an act of faith in the York medieval mystery cycle. Moveable Type , 13 (1) , Article 3. 10.14324/111.1755-4527.113. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper seeks to correct a conceptual amnesia by using the vocabulary of ambient literature to discuss the medieval production of the Corpus Christi mystery cycle at York – with particular emphasis on the Crucifixion pageant. In its technological and narrative elements, the 14th-16th century dramaturgy will serve as a critical framework to judge the survivability of literary ambience beyond the temporal social and material realities of an ‘everyday shared world.’ Case-studies of modern reproductions of the medieval mystery play will show how a situated literary ambience resists anachronistic manipulation.

Type: Article
Title: Ambient literature as an act of faith in the York medieval mystery cycle
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.14324/111.1755-4527.113
Publisher version: https://10.14324/111.1755-4527.113
Language: English
Additional information: © 2021 Miriam Helmers. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords: ambience, ambient literature, York mystery cycle, medieval mystery play, faith, Crucifixion, pageant
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of English Lang and Literature
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10138541
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