Dear colleagues,
Vol 6 (2002) of European Medieval Drama has just been
published. (For full details, see below.) Like its predecessor, volume 5 (2001),
it is edited by Jelle Koopmans and Bart Ramakers and contains a selection of papers from the recent SITM conference (Groningen
2001).
Whereas the first six volumes of European
Medieval Drama have been devoted exclusively to the publication of papers
read at international conferences (Camerino 1996-1999 and SITM 2001),
vol 7 (2003) and subsequent volumes will be published
under the aegis of the new association between Brepols and the SITM. They will
not focus primarily on conference acts but will contain original articles and a
small number of book reviews, although, of course, there is nothing to prevent
the publication of individual original research papers presented at conferences.
There is also the possibility of including English translations of short
non-English Medieval plays.
I would urge all colleagues not only to encourage their
institutions to take out a subscription to EMD but also to consider taking out a
subscription for themselves. Paid-up members of the SITM can benefit from a
substantially reduced subscription rate. For further information, consult the
SITM web page: http://burgundy.byu.edu/sitm. As far as
I am aware, EMD is the only international periodical devoted equally to the
medieval drama of all the countries of Europe, and which publishes articles
in French and English (and, exceptionally, in other languages). It is now an
official organ of the SITM and one that deserves the support, both in terms of
subscriptions and contributions, of all those interested in Medieval
theatre.
Therefore, may I take advantage of this announcement to remind
colleagues of my permanent invitation to them to submit material to EMD.
Original research on any aspect of the medieval drama of any European country is
most welcome. Please remember also the possibility of publishing English
translations of short plays. I would also be grateful if colleagues could point
out to me any newly published books which deserve to be reviewed in EMD.
EMD does not set out to review all new books on medieval drama, but it will be
publishing reviews on a small selection of important books.
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Contents of EMD vol 6:
1. The morphology of the parade (Tom Petitt)
2. Procession and the cycle drama in England and Europe (Peter
Happé)
3. Le Theatre medieval et l'espace parisien a la fin du Moyen
Age (Marie Bouhaik-Girones)
4. Painful processions in late medieval Paris (Marla
Carlson)
5. Festival scenarios of the Hanseatic merchants in late
medieval Livonia (Anu Mand)
6. The entry of Ferdinand of the Catholic into Valladolid in
1509 (Ronald Surz)
7. A Corpus Christi play as part of the Hapsburg monarchies
politics (Cora Dietl)
8. Processions, festivals et masquerades dans les litteratures
medievales arabe et hebraique (Arie Schippers)
9. Performative reading: the illustrated manuscripts of
Greban's Mystere de la Passion. (Robert Clark and Pamela
Sheingorn)
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Graham A.
Runnalls
General Editor
European Medieval Drama
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