Theatrical Milton - Politics and Poetics of the Staged Body

Theatrical Milton brings coherence to the presence of theatre in John Milton through the concept of theatricality. In this book, 'theatricality' identifies a discursive field entailing the rhetorical strategies and effects of framing a given human action, including speech and writing, as an act of theatre.

Summary

This book changes the terms of scholarly discussion and discovers how the social structures of theatre afforded Milton resources for poetic and polemical representation and uncovers the precise contours of Milton's interest in theatre and drama.

Product details

• Authors: Brendan Prawdzik
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781474421010
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-2101-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture; Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture; Edinburgh Critical Studies in
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies