Ceremony and text in the Renaissance
By: edited by Douglas F. Rutledge.
Contributors: Rutledge, Douglas F., 1951-
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Newark
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Semiotics and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Semiotics and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Rites and ceremonies in literature.; Rites and ceremonies -- Europe.; Renaissance -- England.; Renaissance.; Rites and ceremonies -- England.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.