In this title, first published in 1985, Michael Bristol draws on several theoretical and critical traditions to study the nature and purpose of theatre as a social institution: on Marxism, and its revisions in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin; on the theories of Emile Durkheim and their adaptations in the work of Victor Turner; and on the history of social life and material culture as practiced by the Annales school. This valuable work is an important contribution to literary criticism, theatre studies and social history and has particular importance for scholars interested in the dramatic literature of Elizabethan England.
| ISBN: | 9780415750103 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 2013 |
| Author: | Michael D McGill University, Canada Bristol |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 238 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Theatre studies Literary theory Social and cultural history |