Renaissance Revivals
Renaissance Revivals

Author: Wendy Griswold

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1986-10

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780226309231

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Renaissance Revivals examines patterns in the London revivals of two English Renaissance theatre genres over the past four centuries. Griswold's focus on revenge tragedies and city comedies illuminates the ongoing interaction between society and its cultural products. No cultural object is ever created anew, she argues, but is instead constructed from existing cultural genres and conventions, the visions and professional needs of the artist, and the interests of an audience. Thus, every "new play" is in part a renaissance and every "revival" is in part an entirely new cultural object.

Explorations in Renaissance Drama
Explorations in Renaissance Drama

Author: Mary Beth Rose

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780810115217

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Renaissance Drama, an annual and interdisciplinary publication, is devoted to drama and performance as a central feature of Renaissance culture. The essays in each volume explore traditional canons of drama, the significance of performance (broadly construed) to early modern culture, and the impact of new forms of interpretation on the study of Renaissance plays, theater, and performance. The essays in Volume XXVI, "Explorations in Renaissance Drama," explore a range of theoretical issues, as well as issues in gender studies. Topics include the economic determination of Renaissance drama, same-sex erotic friendship, the construction of homoerotic desire in early modern England, two essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and another on staging the East.

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Publisher: CUP Archive

Published:

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13:

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