The influence of the "Book of Job" on the Middle English morality plays
The Book of Job was extremely popular in the Middle Ages, especially in England, because of its role in liturgy as well as lay religious devotion. I argue that the Book of Job was heavily influential in the writing of the medieval morality plays Castle of Perseverance, Mankind, Wisdom, and Everyman....
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Scholar Commons
2006
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2568 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3567&context=etd |