Liturgical Drama and the Reimagining of Medieval Theater

Michael Norton received his doctorate at The Ohio State University and is Associate Professor at James Madison University in Virginia. He combines expertise in music and humanities computing with publishing widely on medieval liturgical drama.

• Introduction. The Illusion of Liturgical Drama Chapter 1. A Prodigious Birth: Creating "Liturgical Drama" Chapter 2. An Improbable Fiction: Confronting "Liturgical Drama" Chapter 3. Past as Prologue: Preceding "Liturgical Drama" Chapter 4. Strange Bedfellows: Unfolding "Liturgical Drama" Chapter 5. What's in a Name? Defining "Liturgical Drama" Chapter 6. All that Glitters: Unravelling "Liturgical Drama" Glossary Bibliography of Works Cited Indexes

"This study is the first to bring together a substantial and comprehensive overview of the treatment, from the Middle Ages to the present, of the ceremonies that have, in modern times, come to be seen as 'liturgical drama.' It promises to be a foundational study that helps the reader understand the complex scholarly paths behind this material and challenges the very term 'liturgical drama' itself." Nils Holger Petersen, University of Copenhagen