Ceremony and Text in the Renaissance

Rutledge, Douglas F. (editor)

ISBN 10: 0874135737 / ISBN 13: 9780874135732

Published by University of Delaware Press, 1996

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University of Delaware Press hardcover in dust jacket, 1996, first edition-1st printing, unread and carefully stored, No marks/tears or other defects; as New/as New. We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ceremony and Text in the Renaissance
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874135737
• ISBN 13: 9780874135732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Ceremony and Text in the Renaissance is a contribution to the history of cultural semiotics in Early Modern Europe. Prof. Thomas M. Greene's theoretical exposition introduces a series of articles that consider the interaction between literary production and ceremonial performance in the larger cultural text of the Renaissance. The Renaissance engaged in a greater number of ceremonial performances than the preceding era, but the Reformation had irrevocably altered the language of ceremony, reducing its magical efficacity and diminishing its ability to inspire community.
According to Professor Greene, the essays address one large but limited area of semiotic practice, the social role of ceremonial performance during the early modern period, examining the interplay between ceremonial and the narrative, dramatic, or poetic text.