Interpreting the Theatrical Past: Historiography of Performance

How do historians represent the past? How do theatre historians represent performance events? The fifteen challenging essays in Representing the Past focus on the fundamental epistemological conditions and procedures that serve as the foundational ideas that guide all historians in their endeavours.

Summary

How do historians represent the past? How do theatre historians represent performance events? The fifteen challenging essays in Representing the Past focus on the fundamental epistemological conditions and procedures that serve as the foundational ideas that guide all historians in their endeavours.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Postlewait
• Assisted by: Bruce A. McConachie (Editor), Thomas Postlewait (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1989
• EAN: 9780877452386
• ISBN: 978-0-87745-238-6
• No. of pages: 339
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: American University Studies. S; American University Studies. S
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet