Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880: Print, Text, and Performance in EuropeOxford University Press, 2000 M11 9 - 494 pages Theatre 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); an examination 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 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 continual refashioning of itself in the world of print. |
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... me in these years. For permission to reproduce the illustrations I would like to thank the following institutions: the Houghton Library, Harvard University, for figs. 1, 4, 6–7, 9–10, 15-16 , 31–2 , 35–8 , 40–3 , 49 , Acknowledgements.
... me in these years. For permission to reproduce the illustrations I would like to thank the following institutions: the Houghton Library, Harvard University, for figs. 1, 4, 6–7, 9–10, 15-16 , 31–2 , 35–8 , 40–3 , 49 , Acknowledgements.
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... Library for the Performing Arts , Astor , Lenox and Tilden Foundations , for fig . 58 ; and Widener Library , Harvard University , for fig . 59 . Contents ix List of Illustrations Introduction Note on Editions , vi Acknowledgements.
... Library for the Performing Arts , Astor , Lenox and Tilden Foundations , for fig . 58 ; and Widener Library , Harvard University , for fig . 59 . Contents ix List of Illustrations Introduction Note on Editions , vi Acknowledgements.
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... Illustrations Introduction Note on Editions , Spellings , Translations , and Citations I II PRINTING THE DRAMA 15 1. Experimenting on the Page , 1480–1630 2. Drama as Institution , 1630-1760 3. Illustrations , Promptbooks , Stage Texts ...
... Illustrations Introduction Note on Editions , Spellings , Translations , and Citations I II PRINTING THE DRAMA 15 1. Experimenting on the Page , 1480–1630 2. Drama as Institution , 1630-1760 3. Illustrations , Promptbooks , Stage Texts ...
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... I [ Rivals 8 , 84 ] ( General Research Division , New York Public Library ) 57 61 63 64 67 69 71 80 84 86 88 89 95 98 ΙΟΙ 107 IIO 116 130 148. Note : See the Works Cited for full titles of book sources . 277 280 282 List of Illustrations.
... I [ Rivals 8 , 84 ] ( General Research Division , New York Public Library ) 57 61 63 64 67 69 71 80 84 86 88 89 95 98 ΙΟΙ 107 IIO 116 130 148. Note : See the Works Cited for full titles of book sources . 277 280 282 List of Illustrations.
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... , Harvard University ) 57. Lang , Dissertatio 51 ( Fig . 7 ) ( Harvard Theatre Collection ) 188 189 190 191 193 195 213 220 243 259 260 262 266 268 273 284 58. Rameau , Le Maître ( facing p . 277 280 282 285 295 X List of Illustrations.
... , Harvard University ) 57. Lang , Dissertatio 51 ( Fig . 7 ) ( Harvard Theatre Collection ) 188 189 190 191 193 195 213 220 243 259 260 262 266 268 273 284 58. Rameau , Le Maître ( facing p . 277 280 282 285 295 X List of Illustrations.
Contents
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THEATRE IMPRIMATUR | 91 |
THE SENSES OF MEDIA | 145 |
THE COMMERCE OF LETTERS | 201 |
THEATRICAL IMPRESSIONS | 255 |
Epilogue | 308 |
Notes | 313 |
Works Cited | 444 |
Index | 487 |
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