{"product_id":"recycling-the-cycle-2","title":"Recycling the Cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003eA consciousness of the past has been an essential determinant of community in the city of Chester, England. This awareness and fascination has been bolstered by a strong civic tradition of drama. In particular, the city's Whitsun Plays have been a vehicle for communicating the myth of the city's medieval heritage, helping to reinforce the sense of history that is part of Chester's identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding up the material in REED: \u003cem\u003eChester\u003c\/em\u003e, David Mills has produced a detailed study of Chester's Whitsun Plays in their local, physical, social, political, cultural, and religious context. A continuum has survived between the Middle Ages and the present day, providing not only an understanding of the plays themselves, but a narrative of the ways in which manuscripts survive and the functions that they serve. The continued performance of these plays is significant of modern play revivals as a political and sociological phenomenon, demonstrating the power that these rituals and plays still hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026gt;Recycling the Cycle is not only a look at how medieval and Renaissance cultural traditions developed and were maintained over centuries, but an insight into how those traditions can stay fresh and relevant, even today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By David Mills","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575862526134,"sku":"9781442679085","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442679085_2b5269ec-b630-4658-9a6c-da553eb637c7.jpg?v=1727467141","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/recycling-the-cycle-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}