Carnival and theater : plebian culture and the structure of authority in Renaissance England
Michael D. Bristol (Author)
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.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 volume ; 22 cm
9780415750103, 0415750105
1063393447
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
Originally published: New York; London: Methuen, 1985