Routledge Revivals Carnival and Theater (Routledge Revivals): Plebian Culture and The Structure of Authority in Renaissance England, (Hardcover)

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. 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.