Carnival and Theater (Routledge Revivals)

Plebian Culture and The Structure of Authority in Renaissance England

AvMichael D. Bristol

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

In this title, first published in 1985, Michael Bristol draws on several theoretical and critical traditions to study the nature and purpose of theatre as a social institution: on Marxism, and its revisions in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin; on the theories of Emile Durkheim and their adaptations in the work of Victor Turner; and on the history of social life and material culture as practiced by the Annales school. This valuable work is an important contribution to literary criticism, theatre studies and social history and has particular importance for scholars interested in the dramatic literature of Elizabethan England.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-11-07
Mått:138 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Revivals
Antal sidor:238
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415750103

Utforska kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Teater inom Kultur
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Recensioner i media

"…Bristol has written a worthwhile and stimulating book that places the theatrical experience in a new and illuminating historical context" – Theatre Survey"Bristol’s is a complex and impressive argument, making us reconsider traditional evaluations of individual plays" – Times Higher Education Supplement"In Carnival and Theater, Michael Bristol presents a careful blend of literary criticism and social history. With its sophisticated theoretical framework and its convincing demonstration of the polyvocal and multi-layered nature of cultural production, Carnival and Theater provides and exemplary model of cultural criticism that will be valuable to scholars from a variety of disciplines and perspectives" – Journal of Social History

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements; Part I: Theoretical Perspective 1. Playing the old works historically 2. The social function of festivity3. Carnival and plebeian culture; Party II: The Texts of Carnival 4. Travesty and social order 5. Butchers and fishmongers6.'A complete exit from the present order of life’; Part III: Theater and the Structure of Authority 7. Authority and the author function8. The dialectic of laughter 9. Clowning and devilment; Part IV: Carnivalized Literature 10. Wedding feast and charivari 11. Treating death as a laughing matter12. The festive agon: the politics of Carnival;Notes;Bibliography; Index