"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.
- ISBN10 0226309231
- ISBN13 9780226309231
- Publish Date 1 October 1986
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 18 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 302
- Language English