Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880: Print, Text, and Performance in EuropeIt shows that, far from being marginal to Renaissance dramatists, the printing press had an essential role to play in the birth of the modern theatre, crucially shaping the normative conception of theatre as a distinct aesthetic medium and of drama as a distinct narrative form, helping to forge a theatricalist aesthetics in opposition to 'the book'. Treating playtexts, engravings, actor portraits, notation systems, and theatrical ephemera at once as material objects and expressions of complex cultural formations, Theatre of the Book examines the European theatre's resistance to and continual refashioning of itself in the world of print."--Jacket. |
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... discussion , estimating that of the more than 200 plays Fuzelier appears to have written , only about seventy - five were published ( Trott , “ Dramaturgy " 212 ) ; and see the discussion of shrinking delays below . 38. " A quoi bon ...
... discussion , estimating that of the more than 200 plays Fuzelier appears to have written , only about seventy - five were published ( Trott , “ Dramaturgy " 212 ) ; and see the discussion of shrinking delays below . 38. " A quoi bon ...
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... discussions of Dryden as a pivotal figure in Kewes , Authorship 54–63 ( and throughout ) , Rosenthal , Playwrights 46–57 ( discussing this passage among others ) , and Hammond , Professional 96-104 . See also Kewes's discussion of the ...
... discussions of Dryden as a pivotal figure in Kewes , Authorship 54–63 ( and throughout ) , Rosenthal , Playwrights 46–57 ( discussing this passage among others ) , and Hammond , Professional 96-104 . See also Kewes's discussion of the ...
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... discussions of actresses ' memoirs and journalism during the period , I am indebted to Engel , “ Staging . ” 14. Weaver ... discussion of the proliferation of English acting manuals in the later 18th century , see Roach , Player's , esp ...
... discussions of actresses ' memoirs and journalism during the period , I am indebted to Engel , “ Staging . ” 14. Weaver ... discussion of the proliferation of English acting manuals in the later 18th century , see Roach , Player's , esp ...
Contents
List of Illustrations | 11 |
Huntington Library for figs 8 22 45 47 60 the Harvard Theatre Collection | 11 |
Note on Editions Spellings Translations and Citations | 11 |
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