Two Moral Interludes: The Pride of Life and Wisdom

by David N Klausner (Editor)

Overview

With the METS editions of Everyman (2008), Mankind (2010), and The Castle of Perseverance (2010), this volume completes the presentation of the five surviving Middle English morality plays. In addition to the texts of The Pride of Life (the earliest of the surviving morality plays) and Wisdom (which is unusual for the size of its cast and the fact that it survives in multiple copies), Klausner's edition includes two appendices which provide the texts of primary sources for the two plays as well as appropriate music (liturgical music, song, and dances) which may have accompanied performances, especially Wisdom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580441346
Publisher:	Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date:	02/01/2010
Series:	TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

David Klausner has taught at the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Department of English, University of Toronto, since 1967, specializing in Old and Middle English and Middle Welsh. His publications have centred on the history of theatre in late medieval Great Britain, and have included (to date) three collecctions of documents in the series Records of Early English Drama: Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Wales. He is presently editing the records of the North Riding of Yorkshire for the same series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction The Pride of Life Notes to the Pride of Life Wisdom Notes to Wisdom Appendix 1: Sources Appendix 2: Music Bibliography Glossary