Theatre of the Book 1480-1880

Zusatztext ... remarkable and wide-ranging. Informationen zum Autor Julie Stone Peters is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University NY. Her publications include Congreve, the Drama, and the Printed Word (Standford UP 1990) and, with Andrea Wolper, Women's Rights, Human Rights: International Feminist Perspectives (Routledge 1995). Klappentext Theatre of the Book explores the impact of printing on the European theater! 1480-1880. Far from being marginal to Renaissance dramatists! the printing press played an essential role in the birth of the modern theater. Looking at playtexts! engravings! actor portraits! notation systems! and theatrical ephemera as part of the broader history of theatrical ideas! this illustrated book offers both a history of European dramatic publication and an examination of the European theater's continual refashioning of itself in the world of print. Zusammenfassung This title explores the impact of printing on the European theatre, 1480-1880 and demonstrates that far from being marginal to Renaissance dramatists, the printing press played an essential role in the birth of the modern theatre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Printing the drama 1: Experimenting on the page, 1480-1630 2: Drama as institution, 1630-1760 3: Illustrations, promptbooks, stage texts, 1760-1880 II. Theatre imprimatur 4: Reinventing 'theatre' via the printing press 5: Critical law, theatrical licence 6: Accurate texts, authoritative editions III. The senses of media 7: The sense of the senses: sounds, gesture and the body on stage 8: Narrative form and theatrical illusions 9: Framing space: time, perspective, and motion in the image IV. The commerce of letters 10: Dramatists, poets, and other scribblers 11: Who owns the play? Pirate, plagiarist, imitator, thief 12: Making it public V. Theatrical impressions 13: Scenic pictures 14: Actor/author 15: A theatre too much with us Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Julie Stone Peters, Peters Julie Stone
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2003
• EAN: 9780199262168
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926216-8
• No. of pages: 506
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; History: specific events & topics, Europe, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, c 1500 onwards to present day, History: specific events and topics, Printing, packaging & reprographic industry, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, History of Performing Arts, Printing and reprographic industries