Theatrical Convention and Audience Response in Early Modern DramaCambridge University Press, 2002 M12 5 - 239 páginas This book gives a detailed and comprehensive survey of the diverse, theatrically vital formal conventions of the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Besides providing readings of plays such as Hamlet, Othello, Merchant of Venice, and Titus Andronicus, it also places Shakespeare emphatically within his own theatrical context, and focuses on the relationship between the demanding repertory system of the time and the conventions and content of the plays. Lopez argues that the limitations of the relatively bare stage and non-naturalistic mode of early modern theatre would have made the potential for failure very great, and he proposes that understanding this potential for failure is crucial for understanding the way in which the drama succeeded on stage. The book offers perspectives on familiar conventions such as the pun, the aside and the expository speech; and it works toward a definition of early modern theatrical genres based on the relationship between these well-known conventions and the incoherent experience of early modern theatrical narratives. |
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Theatrical Convention and Audience Response in Early Modern Drama Jeremy Lopez Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Theatrical Convention and Audience Response in Early Modern Drama Jeremy Lopez Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
Theatrical Convention and Audience Response in Early Modern Drama Jeremy Lopez Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
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