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Article: Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England.(Book review)
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- Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
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- January 1, 2006
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Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England, by Theresa Coletti. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. Pp. xiii + 342. Cloth $59.95.
Although Mary Magdalene was one of the most fascinating figures of late medieval culture, and although she looms undeniably large here, this is not a book specifically about the saint's cultural impact or the history of her legend. Instead, Theresa Coletti uses Mary Magdalene as the focal point for a wide-ranging analysis of late medieval drama, its meanings for the culture of which it was a part, and ongoing scholarly efforts to understand ...