Fifteenth-Century Studies Vol. 31

Annual volume of essays, focusing on the literary genres of drama, poetry, prose, and romance.

Annual volume of essays, focusing on the literary genres of drama, poetry, prose, and romance.

Fifteenth-Century Studies offers essays on diverse aspects of the period, including liberal and fine arts, historiography, medicine, and religion. The standard survey of drama research leads off the present volume. Ten essays follow, involving France, Spain, Germany, England, and Finland. Essays deal with love poetry, laughter and manhood inJehan de Saintré, a new dating ofSir Gawein and the Green Knight, German eschatological theater, portrayals of Christ's healing of the lame man on the York stage, translation during the Middle Spanish period, the end of the persecution of witches, and late medieval executioners. Book reviews and an index of volumes 21 through 30 conclude the volume.

Contributors: Edelgard Dubruck, William Calin, Rocio Del Rio Fernandez, Leonardas Gerulaitis, Barbara Gusick, Sibylle Jefferis, Judy Kem, Hannele Kemettilä, Lynn T. Ramey, Carolyn King Stephens

Edelgard E. Dubruck is Professor Emerita at Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan, and Barbara I. Gusick is Associate Professor at Troy State University Dothan.

The Current State of Research on Late-Medieval Drama: 2004-2006. Survey, Bibliography, and Reviews - Edelgard E. DuBruck
Intertextual Play and the Game of Love: theBelle Dame sans mercy Cycle - William Calin
Hans Sach'sTragedy of the Last Judgement 1558: Eschatological Theater in Germany - Edelgard E. DuBruck
La traducción en le siglo XV: herramientos de trabajo, procedimientos, técnicas y métodos - Rocio del Río Fernández
Doctor Johann Weyer (1515-88) and Witchcraft - Leonardas V. Gerulaitis
Christ's Healing of the Lame Man in the York Cycle'sEntry into Jerusalem: Interpretive Challenges for the Newly Healed - Barbara I. Gusick
The German Collection of Saints' LegendsDer Maget Krone (1473-75): Contents, Commentary, and Evaluation of Current Research - Prof. Sibylle Jefferis
Malebouche, Metaphors of Misreading, and theQuerelle des femmes in Jean Molinet'sRoman de la Rose moralisé (1500) - Judy Kem
The Physiognomy and Mental Equipment of a Late-Medieval Hangman: A Chapter in Anthropological History - Hannele Klemettilä
Laughter and Manhood in thePetit Jehan de Saintré (1456) - Lynn T. Ramey
ThePentangle Hypothesis: A Dating History and Resetting of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Carolyn King Stephens