Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Contexts, Identities, Affinities, and Performances Book

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Contexts, Identities, Affinities, and Performances, Hrotsvit was the first dramatist of Christianity, the first female Saxon poet, the first Germanic author to employ the Faust theme, and one of the first Western writers to compose a Christian epic. The essays in Hrotsvit of Gandersheim examine the , Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Contexts, Identities, Affinities, and Performances

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Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Contexts, Identities, Affinities, and Performances
Written by author Phyllis R. Brown
Published by University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, April 2004
Hrotsvit was the first dramatist of Christianity, the first female Saxon poet, the first Germanic author to employ the Faust theme, and one of the first Western writers to compose a Christian epic. The essays in Hrotsvit of Gandersheim examine the
Hrotsvit lived and wrote in Gandersheim Abbey, in Saxony, during the 10th century, and was the first dramatist of Christianity, the first woman Saxon poet, the first Germanic author to use the Faust theme, and one of the first western writers to compose a

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Introduction 3
Sect. 1 Constructing a context
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim and the problem of royal succession in the East Frankish Kingdom 13
The Iudex Aequus : legality and equity in Hrotsvit's Basilius 29
'Weighed down with a thousand evils' : images of Muslims in Hrotsvit's Pelagius 40
Sect. 2 Forming identities
Violence and virginity in Hrotsvit's dramas 59
Kids say the darndest things : irascible children in Hrotsvit's Sapientia 77
The construction of the desiring subject in Hrotsvit's Pelagius and Agnes 96
Pulchrum Signum? : sexuality and the politics of religion in the works of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim composed between 963 and 973 125
Sect. 3 Creating affinities
Hrotsvit's dramas : is there a Roman in these texts? 147
Hrotsvit's Sapientia as a foreign woman 160
Hrotsvit and the devil 177
Hrotsvit's Latin drama Gallicanus and the old English epic Elene : intercultural founding narratives of a feminized church 193
Sect. 4 Conducting performances
Hrotsvit's literary legacy 213
'Bring me a soldier's garb and a good horse' : embedded stage directions in the dramas of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim 235
Dramatic convergence in times square : Hrotsvit's Sapientia and Collapsable Giraffe's 3 Virgins 251
Playing with Hrotsvit : adventures in contemporary performance 265
Works cited 283
Contributors 303
Index 305

Title: Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Contexts, Identities, Affinities, and Performances

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	Introduction	3
Sect. 1	Constructing a context
	Hrotsvit of Gandersheim and the problem of royal succession in the East Frankish Kingdom	13
	The Iudex Aequus : legality and equity in Hrotsvit's Basilius	29
	'Weighed down with a thousand evils' : images of Muslims in Hrotsvit's Pelagius	40
Sect. 2	Forming identities
	Violence and virginity in Hrotsvit's dramas	59
	Kids say the darndest things : irascible children in Hrotsvit's Sapientia	77
	The construction of the desiring subject in Hrotsvit's Pelagius and Agnes	96
	Pulchrum Signum? : sexuality and the politics of religion in the works of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim composed between 963 and 973	125
Sect. 3	Creating affinities
	Hrotsvit's dramas : is there a Roman in these texts?	147
	Hrotsvit's Sapientia as a foreign woman	160
	Hrotsvit and the devil	177
	Hrotsvit's Latin drama Gallicanus and the old English epic Elene : intercultural founding narratives of a feminized church	193
Sect. 4	Conducting performances
	Hrotsvit's literary legacy	213
	'Bring me a soldier's garb and a good horse' : embedded stage directions in the dramas of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim	235
	Dramatic convergence in times square : Hrotsvit's Sapientia and Collapsable Giraffe's 3 Virgins	251
	Playing with Hrotsvit : adventures in contemporary performance	265
	Works cited	283
	Contributors	303
	Index	305