Renaissance Revivals: City Comedy and Revenge Tragedy in the London Theater, 1576-1980University of Chicago Press, 1986 - 288 pages 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. |
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... Tragedy Court Setting Revenge Motivates Action Blood and Sex Trickery xvii 1 3 5 6 9 439 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 30 34 35 38 47 55 58 58 59 60 62 Ghosts Success , Death , Restoration Revenge Tragedy in Institutional.
... Tragedy Court Setting Revenge Motivates Action Blood and Sex Trickery xvii 1 3 5 6 9 439 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 30 34 35 38 47 55 58 58 59 60 62 Ghosts Success , Death , Restoration Revenge Tragedy in Institutional.
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... Success , Death , Restoration Revenge Tragedy in Institutional Context Three Dimensions of Revenge Tragedy Appeal Revenge Tragedy and Political Protestantism Revenge Tragedy and Horror Revenge Tragedy and the State 4 RENAISSANCE ...
... Success , Death , Restoration Revenge Tragedy in Institutional Context Three Dimensions of Revenge Tragedy Appeal Revenge Tragedy and Political Protestantism Revenge Tragedy and Horror Revenge Tragedy and the State 4 RENAISSANCE ...
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Contents
CITY COMEDIES | 14 |
REVENGE TRAGEDIES | 85 |
RENAISSANCE REVIVALS FROM THE RESTORATION | 101 |
RENAISSANCE REVIVALS FROM CARLO THE HERO | 129 |
RENAISSANCE REVIVALS FROM THE EDWARDIANS | 147 |
REVIVALS AND THE REAL THING | 187 |
ENGLISH DRAMA 15711642 TOTAL | 213 |
STATISTICAL COMPARISONS | 227 |
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