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English literature and York Mystery Plays

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Difference between English literature and York Mystery Plays

English literature vs. York Mystery Plays

This article is focused on English-language literature rather than the literature of England, so that it includes writers from Scotland, Wales, and the whole of Ireland, as well as literature in English from countries of the former British Empire, including the United States. The York Mystery Plays, more properly the York Corpus Christi Plays, are a Middle English cycle of 48 mystery plays or pageants covering sacred history from the creation to the Last Judgment.

Similarities between English literature and York Mystery Plays

English literature and York Mystery Plays have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alliterative verse, English Reformation, Manuscript, Middle English, Mystery play, York.

Alliterative verse

In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal ornamental device to help indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.

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English Reformation

The English Reformation was a series of events in 16th century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

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Manuscript

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand -- or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten -- as opposed to being mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way.

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Middle English

Middle English (ME) is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500.

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Mystery play

Mystery plays and miracle plays (they are distinguished as two different forms although the terms are often used interchangeably) are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.

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York

York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.

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English literature and York Mystery Plays Comparison

English literature has 871 relations, while York Mystery Plays has 209. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 0.56% = 6 / (871 + 209).

References

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