Renaissance Revivals: City Comedy and Revenge Tragedy in the London Theatre, 1576-1980 Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Renaissance Revivals: City Comedy and Revenge Tragedy in the London Theatre, 1576-1980 Book

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. Read More

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  • 0226309231
  • 9780226309231
  • Griswold
  • 1 December 1986
  • Chicago University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 306
  • illustrated edition
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