Michael D. Bristol (Canada McGill University)

Carnival and Theater (Routledge Revivals)

Plebian Culture and The Structure of Authority in Renaissance England

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. 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.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Revivals
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780415750158
• ISBN-10: 0415750156
• Artikelnr.: 42091366

Autorenporträt

Bristol, Michael D.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; Part I: Theoretical Perspective 1. Playing the old works
historically 2. The social function of festivity 3. Carnival and plebeian
culture; Party II: The Texts of Carnival 4. Travesty and social order 5.
Butchers and fishmongers 6.'A complete exit from the present order of
life'; Part III: Theater and the Structure of Authority 7. Authority and
the author function 8. The dialectic of laughter 9. Clowning and devilment;
Part IV: Carnivalized Literature 10. Wedding feast and charivari 11.
Treating death as a laughing matter 12. The festive agon: the politics of
Carnival; Notes; Bibliography; Index