ISBN 9780802040961 | 0802040969 Textbooks - "Recycling the Cycle The City of Chester and Its Whitsun Plays Studies in Early English Drama" by David Mills

Author: David Mills
ISBN 10: 0802040969
ISBN 13: 9780802040961
Edition: 74th Revised edition
Release: July 25, 1998
Format: Hardcover (320 pages)
List Price: $39.95
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Tags: Literature & Fiction, Drama, British & Irish,

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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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Recycling the Cycle: The City of Chester and Its Whitsun Plays (Studies in Early English Drama)

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