Ceremony and text in the Renaissance / edited by Douglas F. Rutledge

Rutledge, Douglas [ed.]

ISBN 10: 0874135737 / ISBN 13: 9780874135732

Published by Newark, Delaware. : University of Delaware Press, 1996

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Fine cloth copy in a very good, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall. Physical description; 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Rites and ceremonies in literature. Semiotics and literature England History 16th century. Semiotics and literature England History 17th century. English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism. Literature and society England History. Renaissance England. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ceremony and text in the Renaissance / edited by Douglas F. Rutledge
• Publisher: Newark, Delaware. : University of Delaware Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874135737
• ISBN 13: 9780874135732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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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.