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Morality Plays

Morality Plays is a form of medieval dramatic literature that belongs to the broader category of allegorical theatre and is distinguished by its personification of abstract moral qualities and spiritual concepts to instruct the audience in the Christian struggle between virtue and vice.

108

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3.2K

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113

Authors

31

Institutions

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2017–2026

8

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Morality Play

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Publications

108

Signifying God: social relation and symbolic act in the York Corpus Christi plays

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 153 citations

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Drama and resistance: bodies, goods, and theatricality in late medieval England

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 122 citations

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The English Morality Play: Origins, History and Influence of a Dramatic Tradition

Catherine Belsey, Robert Potter · The Yearbook of English Studies · 1977 · 120 citations

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Serious Play as a Practice of Paradox

Matt Statler, Loizos Heracleous, Claus D. Jacobs · The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science · 2011 · 117 citations

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Suffering and Evil in the Plays of Christopher Marlowe

G. K. Hunter, Douglas L. Cole · The Modern Language Review · 1964 · 82 citations

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Authors

113

  1. SO
    Shermina Oruh

    State University of Makassar, Indonesia

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  2. RR
    Ramlafatma Ramlafatma

    State University of Makassar, Indonesia

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  3. AA
    Andi Agustang

    State University of Makassar, Indonesia

    2 publications · 27 citations

    2

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  4. LD
    Lars De Wildt

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    2 publications · 28 citations

    2

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  5. DL
    Douglas L. Cole

    Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States), United States

    2 publications · 97 citations

    2

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Institutions

31

  1. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    175 citations

  2. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    127 citations

  4. State University of Makassar

    Makassar, Indonesia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    54 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  8. Lancaster University Ghana

    Accra, Ghana

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 17 publications · 743 citations

    16

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  2. The Modern Language Review

    8 publications · 236 citations

    8

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  3. Journal of Moral Education

    4 publications · 85 citations

    4

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  5. Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

    SEL · 3 publications · 62 citations

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