Mary of Nemmegen

The ca. 1518 Translation and the Middle Dutch Analogue, Mariken van Nieumeghen

Clifford Davidson is emeritus professor of English and medieval studies at Western Michigan University. For many years he was a coeditor of Comparative Drama, and from 1973-2003 he directed the EDAM project in the Medieval Institute at WMU. Ton Broos, emeritus professor of Dutch at the University of Michigan, is a coeditor of the edition of Everyman in the TEAMS series. Martin Walsh is Associate Professor of Theater and teaches in the Residential College at the University of Michigan, is coeditor of the TEAMS Everyman edition, and collaborated with Therese Decker on an edition of Mariken van Nieumeghen.

Book cover: Mary of Nemmegen

Extent: 168 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Early Drama, Art, and Music Monograph

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2016)

ISBN: 9781580442213

6.14 x 9.21 inches

Price: $79.95

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A prose condensation in English of the Middle Dutch play this is an important example of the literature that was imported from Holland in the early part of the 16th century. An analogue of the Faustus story, it is also a window on the obsession in its own time with the occult.


Mary of Nemmegen, a prose condensation in English of the Middle Dutch play Mariken van Nieumeghen, is an important example of the literature that was imported from Holland in the early part of the sixteenth century. It also may be compared to Everyman, described as a treatise “in the manner of a moral play.” Mary of Nemmegen is an analogue of the Faustus story. As such, it is also a window on the obsession in its own time with the occult.

Preface
Introduction
Mary of Nemmegen
Mariken van Nieumeghen (Dutch text)
Mariken of Nijmegen (English translation)
Notes to Mary of Nemmegen and Mariken van Nieumeghen
Abbreviations
Bibliography

  • Edited and translated by Clifford Davidson
  • Edited and translated by Ton J. Broos
  • Edited and translated by Martin W. Walsh