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

by Wendy Griswold

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226309231
• ISBN13: 9780226309231
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"