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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486287262
ISBN-139780486287263
eBay Product ID (ePID)374847
Product Key Features
Book TitleEveryman
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMedieval, Christian / Classic & Allegory, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year1995
FeaturesReprint
GenreDrama, Philosophy, Fiction
AuthorJames Jennings
Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Plays Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight3 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-037086
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal822.051608
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisEveryman is the most durable of medieval morality plays, in which the central character, summoned by death, must face final judgment on the strength of his good deeds. The work is reprinted here along with 3 other medieval classics: The Second Shepherd's Play, Noah's Flood, and Hickscorner. All from standard texts., The most durable of medieval morality plays, along with 3 other classics: The Second Shepherd's Play, Noah's Flood and Hickscorner . All from standard texts., Western drama, having all but disappeared during the Dark Ages, reemerged spontaneously in the liturgy and life of the medieval church. Vernacular miracle plays of England's Middle Ages were performed by lay people -- many by trade guilds -- unschooled in church Latin, but familiar with the biblical events upon which the dramas were based. Morality plays provided moral instruction, their principal characters vivid personifications of virtue and vice. The most durable of the morality plays has proven to be Everyman , whose central character, summoned by Death, must face final judgment on the strength of his good deeds. This venerable drama is reprinted here along with three other medieval classics: The Second Shepherds' Play , Noah's Flood , and Hickscorner .