Recycling the Cycle : The City of Chester and Its Whitsun Plays Hardback
by David Mills
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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 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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:25/07/1998
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- ISBN:9780802040961
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:25/07/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780802040961
