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Latin Literatures of Medieval and Early Modern Times in Europe and Beyond: A millennium heritageEdited by Francesco Stella
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages XXXIV] 2024
► pp. 453–464
Medieval Latin liturgy, drama, and preaching are living, oral arts of performance as well as texts. They all constitute forms of storytelling and draw on narrative texts. In different yet related ways, liturgy, drama, and preaching are all exegetical in nature and share aspects of Biblical commentary. The written record offers insight into the performance of liturgy, drama, and preaching, which took on their full meaning in the moment of celebration and utterance.