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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... once my primary research assistant, masterful problem-solver, occasional translator, discussant, and commiserator in the woes of the library. That this book has fewer errors than it might is also due to the work of my editors at Oxford ...
... once my primary research assistant, masterful problem-solver, occasional translator, discussant, and commiserator in the woes of the library. That this book has fewer errors than it might is also due to the work of my editors at Oxford ...
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... once have been) seems suddenly to have burst forth into a great cornucopia of spectacle. The “houses” of the medieval mansion setting are transformed into the rounded classical balconies spilling forth their fruits, filled with ...
... once have been) seems suddenly to have burst forth into a great cornucopia of spectacle. The “houses” of the medieval mansion setting are transformed into the rounded classical balconies spilling forth their fruits, filled with ...
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... once the increase in plays intended for ambulatory troupes whose scenic effects were necessarily limited; and the increase in plays written in haste for professional companies whose staging conventions obviated much of the work of stage ...
... once the increase in plays intended for ambulatory troupes whose scenic effects were necessarily limited; and the increase in plays written in haste for professional companies whose staging conventions obviated much of the work of stage ...
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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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Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880: Print, Text, and Performance in Europe Julie Stone Peters Limited preview - 2003 |
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