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Record Number:
5518
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Tasioulas , J.A.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Between Doctrine and Domesticity: The Portrayal of Mary in the N-Town Plays [argues that the N-Town author sought to emphasize both Mary's purity and humanity in the depiction of her conception and childhood].
Source:
Medieval Women in Their Communities. Edited by Diane Watt. University of Toronto Press, 1997. Pages 222 - 245.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Children in Literature
Literature- Drama
Mary, Virgin, Saint- Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception
Mary, Virgin, Saint in Literature
N- Town Plays
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
15
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
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Abstract:
Related Resources:
J.A. Tasioulas' article "Between Doctrine and Domesticity: The Portrayal of Mary in the N-Town Plays" looks at the contested (and apocryphal) events in the childhood of the Virgin Mary. The portrayal of these events in the N-Town Conception Play emphasizes Mary's domesticity, physicality, and motherhood. These themes, Tasioulas argues, show the community's interest in Mary's humanity. In the process, the playwright offers a more complex image of women than stereotypically either good or evil. Tasiolulas then goes on to suggest that the Mary of the N-Town plays was an ideal model for all women." From the review written by Katherine L. French of "Medieval Women in Their Communities,"
"Medieval Review" (TMR ID: 96.12.11)
. [Reproduced by permission of the "Medieval Review."].
Author's Affiliation:
Stirling University
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1997.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0802042899