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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... turned to comic effect . The new illusion of solitude on the stage tended to disregard the presence of the audience ... turned private citizen essentially corresponded to the common actor turned specialist , no longer speaking as THE ...
... turned to comic effect . The new illusion of solitude on the stage tended to disregard the presence of the audience ... turned private citizen essentially corresponded to the common actor turned specialist , no longer speaking as THE ...
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... turned into fodder for horses ; and in King Johan , where Sedycyon turned the metaphorical " spices " for which he was ad- monished into seasonings for food . But to these elements of its popular heritage Doctor Faustus added language ...
... turned into fodder for horses ; and in King Johan , where Sedycyon turned the metaphorical " spices " for which he was ad- monished into seasonings for food . But to these elements of its popular heritage Doctor Faustus added language ...
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... turned inward . Almost unprovoked , he snatches the word " seems " from the lips of the Queen , only to give it an ... turned into the character's honesty " which passes show . " Thus , traditional forms of dramaturgy are turned into ...
... turned inward . Almost unprovoked , he snatches the word " seems " from the lips of the Queen , only to give it an ... turned into the character's honesty " which passes show . " Thus , traditional forms of dramaturgy are turned into ...
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