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The Medieval Theater of Cruelty
Medieval Drama
Violence in literature
Theater, history
Torture
Violence
Theater
Drama
Literature
History and criticism
History
Why did medieval dramatists weave so many scenes of torture into their plays? Exploring the cultural connections among rhetoric, law, drama, literary creation, and violence, Jody Enders addresses an issue that has long troubled students of the Middle Ages. Theories of rhetoric and law of the time r…
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