Recycling the cycle: the city of Chester and its Whitsun plays
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1. Verfasser: Mills, David (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto, Ont. University of Toronto Press ©1998
Schriftenreihe:Studies in early English drama 4
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index
Play Manuscripts -- - 1 - Approaches to Early Drama -- - 2 - Time and Space in Tudor Chester -- - 3 - Writing the Record -- - 4 - A Spectrum of Ceremonial and Entertainment -- - 5 - The Midsummer Celebrations -- - 6 - Religious Feasts and Festivals -- - 7 - Professionalism, Commercialism, and Self-Advertisement -- - 8 - The Past in the Present: The Text of the Whitsun Plays -- - 9 - Manuscripts, Scribes, and Owners -- - 10 - Medievalism and Revival
"A consciousness of the past has been an essential determinant of community in the city of Chester, England. In particular, the city's Whitsun Plays have been a vehicle for communicating the myth of the city's medieval heritage, helping to reinforce the sense of history that is part of Chester's identity." "Building upon the material in REED: Chester, David Mills has produced a detailed study of Chester's Whitsun Plays in their local, physical, social, political, cultural, and religious contexts. A continuum has survived between the Middle Ages and the present day, providing not only an understanding of the plays themselves, but a narrative of the ways in which manuscripts survive and the functions that they serve. The continued performance of these plays is significant of modern play revivals as a political and sociological phenomenon, demonstrating the power that these rituals and plays still hold."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 281 pages)
ISBN:0802040969
1442679085
9780802040961
9781442679085

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