The Play Called Corpus Christi

viii, 337 pp. CONTENTS: A Note on Medieval Orthography; 1. Introduction: The Medieval Dramatic Image and its Audience; 2. The Corpus Christi Drama as Play and Game; 3. Corpus Christi Feast and the Impulse toward Cycle Form; 4. Corpus Christi Form: Principles of Selection; 5. Medieval Time and English Place; 6. Religious Laughter; 7. The Invention of Comic Action; 8. The Passion and Resurrection in Play and Game; 9. Natural Man and Evil; 10. Goodness and Natural Man; 11. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.