Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater: Studies in the Social Dimension of Dramatic Form and FunctionCriticism based on literary or formalist conceptions of structure or on the history of ideas, Robert Weimann contends, has removed Shakespeare from the theater, and the theater from society at large. 'It is only when Elizabethan society, theater, and language are seen as interrelated that the structure of Shakespeare's dramatic art emerges as fully functional, that is, as part of a larger, and not only literary, whole.' |
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... developed dramatically . The dramatic interpretations of ritual action did not develop symbolically into a body of mythological images and stories ; they remained tied to the seasonal activities of the ritual per- former and the ...
... developed dramatically . The dramatic interpretations of ritual action did not develop symbolically into a body of mythological images and stories ; they remained tied to the seasonal activities of the ritual per- former and the ...
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... developed outside the confines of any single social class or estate . Since it was such a thoroughly theatrical creation and was readily adaptable to the miles gloriosus and other types , it achieved a greater range of synthesis and ...
... developed outside the confines of any single social class or estate . Since it was such a thoroughly theatrical creation and was readily adaptable to the miles gloriosus and other types , it achieved a greater range of synthesis and ...
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... developed by Renaissance scholars and learned authors , but may be detected in a few scenes ( such as the Wakefield shepherd scenes ) from the popular medieval theater . And yet , this tradition of popular realism in the theater must ...
... developed by Renaissance scholars and learned authors , but may be detected in a few scenes ( such as the Wakefield shepherd scenes ) from the popular medieval theater . And yet , this tradition of popular realism in the theater must ...
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