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  • Record Number: 43100
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  • Contributor(s): Elsa Strietman, ed. and Peter Happé, ed.
  • Title: The First and Seventh Joys of Our Lady: Bilingual Texts of Two Dutch Biblical Plays
  • Source: The First and Seventh Joys of Our Lady: Bilingual Texts of Two Dutch Biblical Plays  Edited by Elsa Streitman and Peter Happé.  Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2017.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Edition of Text; Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Dutch Literature Literature- Drama Mary, Virgin, Saint- Seven Joys of Mary
  • Award Note: Feminae Translation of the Month, October 2018
  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 15- 16
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  • Abstract: This edition and translation of the Dutch plays on the Joys of Mary includes the two surviving parts from a cycle of seven which was performed in Brussels for about a hundred years up to 1558. It was a large-scale and prestigious undertaking involving many participants and contributing to the social and religious life of the city. The plays draw upon biblical material and many legendary additions to give a serious and dramatically innovative theatrical experience. Though there were many other cycle plays in Europe at this time this edition provides an insight into a uniquely Dutch achievement. [Reproduced from the publisher’s website.]
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  • Year of Publication: 2017.
  • Language: English; Middle Dutch
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9780866985284