Contents

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Note on texts used

pp xiii-xiii

Abbreviations and special symbols

pp xiv-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-6

Part I - The foil: Latin church drama

pp 7-8

1 - Liturgy and drama

pp 9-24

2 - Liturgical point of view surrounding the dramatic core dialogue

pp 25-32

3 - ‘World-containing’ situations

pp 33-53

4 - The dramatization of narrative sources

pp 54-68

Part II - The English Creation to Doom cycle

pp 69-70

5 - The origins of the Creation to Doom cycle and its stage

pp 71-78

6 - The representation of time and space in the cycles

pp 79-108

7 - Address to the audience

pp 109-159

8 - Intra-dramatic speeches

pp 160-250

9 - Conclusions

pp 251-253

Notes

pp 254-299

Bibliography

pp 300-322

Indexes

pp 323-336