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The Plays of Roswitha

The Plays of Roswitha

Roswitha
Hroswitha
St John, Christopher

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ISBN10: 1596545496
ISBN13: 9781596545496
Publisher: Blackmask.Com
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.43 Width: 7.99 Depth: 4.99
Language: English
Whatever may be thought of the precise merits of these six short dramas, now translated into English for the first time, it will be conceded that a collection of plays bearing the date of the 10th century, authenticated as the work of a woman, and a nun, is a remarkable phenomenon, interesting to students of monasticism and of the drama alike. The plays are all founded on well-known legends, which Roswitha follows very closely as regards the facts. But she shows great originality in her use of the facts and in her development of characters often merely indicated in the legends. Three of the plays, Gallicanus, Dulcitius, and Sapientia, deal with the conflict between infant Christianity and Paganism, martyrdoms under the Emperors Hadrian, Diocletian, and Julian the Apostate being the chief incidents. Gallicanus, which comes first in the manuscript, shows considerable skill in dramatic construction. Incident follows rapidly on incident.

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