Netherlandic Secular Plays from the Middle Ages. The 'Abele Spelen' and the Farces of the Hulthem Manuscript. de Vroom, Theresia de, translator - 1997: Translated with Introduction and Notes by Theresia de Vroom

Dovehouse Editions, Ottawa, 1997. Hard Cover. 247 p., illus.; 22.5 cm. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Theresia de Vroom. Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation 29. These plays and farces are among the earliest surviving secular drama of the Middle Ages. The tragicomic plays range in subject from relations between Christians and Moslems to revenge for rape, the foundling returned as rescuer, and the revenge of Venus. The farces, bawdy portraits of lives of common folk infused with humor and good sense, are Esmoreit, Lippijn, Gloriant, The Box-Blower, Lansloet of Denmark, The Witch, Of the Winter and of the Summer, Rubben, Truwanten, and Three Days Lord. Bibliography, pp. 59-64. Navy cloth stamped in gold; new from publisher. stock#102076.