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Carnival and Theater is a landmark scholarly work by Michael Bristol, originally published in 1985 and now reissued by Routledge as part of their Revivals series. Bristol synthesises multiple theoretical frameworks to examine theatre's role as a social institution in Renaissance England, drawing on Marxist theory, Mikhail Bakhtin's work on carnival and culture, Emile Durkheim's sociological theories as developed by Victor Turner, and the Annales school's approach to social and material history. This interdisciplinary study remains essential reading for literary scholars, theatre historians, and social historians seeking to understand plebeian culture and the relationship between dramatic performance and structures of authority during the English Renaissance. The book bridges theatre studies, cultural criticism, and social history, offering sophisticated analysis of how carnival traditions and theatrical practices functioned within broader power structures and cultural contexts.

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Michael Bristol's influential 1985 study examines theatre as a social institution in Renaissance England through multiple theoretical lenses.

The work draws on Marxist tradition, Mikhail Bakhtin's theories of carnival culture, and Emile Durkheim's sociological frameworks to build its arguments.

Carnival and Theater connects theatrical practices to structures of authority and plebeian culture in Renaissance society.

This Routledge Revivals edition makes an important scholarly text accessible to contemporary students of theatre history and cultural studies.

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Routledge
Format
hardcover
ASIN
0415750105
Category
Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Theatre
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Amazon UK
Release Date
07 November 2013
Listed Since
28 September 2013

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