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Mills David <1938-> |
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Recycling the cycle : the city of Chester and its Whitsun plays / / David Mills |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998 |
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©1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-02936-3 |
9786612029363 |
1-4426-7908-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Early English Drama ; ; 4 |
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Mysteries and miracle-plays, English - England - Chester - History and criticism |
Christian drama, English (Middle) - History and criticism |
Theater - England - Chester - History - Medieval, 500-1500 |
English drama - To 1500 - History and criticism |
Bible plays - History and criticism |
Cycles (Literature) |
Electronic books. |
Chester (England) History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 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 -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A consciousness of the past has been an essential determinant of community in the city of Chester, England. This awareness and fascination has been bolstered by a strong civic tradition of drama. In |
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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 up 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 context. 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.›Recycling the Cycle is not only a look at how medieval and Renaissance cultural traditions developed and were maintained over centuries, but an insight into how those traditions can stay fresh and relevant, even today. |
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