Schiller the Dramatist - A Study of Gesture in the Plays

List of contents

Introduction
Schiller's Gestures: Origins and Contexts
An Experiment in Theater: Die Räuber
Playing at Politics: Die Verschwörung des Fiesko zu Genua
Violence and Silence in Domestic Tragedy: Kabale und Liebe
"The Court Watches and Listens": Gesture in Don Karlos
"Erweitert jetzt ist des Theaters Enge": Action, Space, and Gesture in the Wallenstein Trilogy
"Meine Maria wird keine weiche Stimmung erregen": The Two Faces of Classicism in Maria Stuart
"Nicht meiner Rede, deinen Augen glaube!" Perspective in Die Jungfrau von Orleans
Chaos in Classicism: Die Braut von Messina oder die feindlichen Brüder; Ein Trauerspiel mit Chören
Wilhelm Tell: The Triumph of Ambivalence
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index

Product details

• Authors: John Guthrie
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2009
• EAN: 9781571134134
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-413-4
• No. of pages: 225
• Weight: 434 g
• Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture; Studies in German Literature,; Studies in German Literature L
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies