Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880: Print, Text, and Performance in EuropeTheatre of the Book is an account of the entangled histories of print and the theatre in Europe between the Renaissance and the late nineteenth century: a history of European dramatic publication (providing comparative and historical perspective to the growing field of textual studies); anexamination of the creation of the modern notion of text and performance; and a comparative genealogy of ideas about theatrical and textual reception. It shows that, far from being marginal to Renaissance dramatists, the printing press had an essential role to play in the birth of the moderntheatre, 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 theatricalephemera at once as material objects and expressions of complex cultural formations, Theatre of the Book examines the European theatre's continual refashioning of itself in the world of print. |
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... important role to play in keeping plays in manu- script , particularly in the seventeenth century , though attitudes towards print were by no means uniform . In any case , at least as important was the fact that most printers would not ...
... important role to play in keeping plays in manu- script , particularly in the seventeenth century , though attitudes towards print were by no means uniform . In any case , at least as important was the fact that most printers would not ...
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... important , words themselves were sounded things , whose connection to music was crucial to their function on the stage . For Aristotle and his Renaissance followers , music generally was important to theatre , but melody and rhythm ...
... important , words themselves were sounded things , whose connection to music was crucial to their function on the stage . For Aristotle and his Renaissance followers , music generally was important to theatre , but melody and rhythm ...
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... important , the theatrical and reading publics were understood by mutual reference , the relationship between reader and theatrical public thematized in books and illus- trations : " Open the curtain if you wish to see more , " declares ...
... important , the theatrical and reading publics were understood by mutual reference , the relationship between reader and theatrical public thematized in books and illus- trations : " Open the curtain if you wish to see more , " declares ...
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 |
Copyright | |
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Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880: Print, Text, and Performance in Europe Julie Stone Peters Limited preview - 2003 |
Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880: Print, Text, and Performance in Europe Julie Stone Peters Limited preview - 2000 |
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