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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... never in terms of his audience , and always with regard to an ideal order , never with regard to temporal change and social movement . But as soon as tradition is viewed as a social form of cultural activity , it may well be defined as ...
... never in terms of his audience , and always with regard to an ideal order , never with regard to temporal change and social movement . But as soon as tradition is viewed as a social form of cultural activity , it may well be defined as ...
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... never complete . In Plautus and Terence , as in Menander , the contradiction between un- localized setting and the more scenic kind of illusion is never absolute , although one or the other usually predominates . Nor should it be forgot ...
... never complete . In Plautus and Terence , as in Menander , the contradiction between un- localized setting and the more scenic kind of illusion is never absolute , although one or the other usually predominates . Nor should it be forgot ...
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... never return.42 In the Mummers ' Play the dramatic potential of this rebellious under- tone is very much diluted ; all that may perhaps be associated with it is John Finney's cheeky disobedience . But what also remains is some verbal ...
... never return.42 In the Mummers ' Play the dramatic potential of this rebellious under- tone is very much diluted ; all that may perhaps be associated with it is John Finney's cheeky disobedience . But what also remains is some verbal ...
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