Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

N-Town Cycle | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Ashley, Kathleen M. "'Wyt' and 'Wysdam' in N-Town Cycle." Philological Quarterly 58, No. 2 (1979): 121-35.

Explores the elements that produce N-Town's learned tone as a basis for the unity of the cycle.

Benkovitz, Miriam J. "Some Notes on the 'Prologue of Demon' of Ludus Coventriae." Modern Language Notes 60 (1945): 79-85.

Argues that the "Prologue of the Demon" that introduces the Passion group ties the cycle together; also contends that the author of the Prologue was a theologian.

Cameron, Kenneth, and Stanley J. Kahrl. "The N-Town Plays at Lincoln." Theatre Notebook 20, No. 2 (1965-6): 61-9.

Reviews scholarship and extends the argument that the N-Town cycle is based in Lincoln and that it represents a step in the development from movable to fixed stages.

Cawley, A. C., et al., eds. The Revels...

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