Sensory Experience and the Metropolis on the Jacobean Stage (1603�1625)

At the turn of the seventeenth century, Hristomir Stanev argues, ideas about the senses became part of a dramatic and literary tradition in England, concerned with the impact of metropolitan culture. Drawing upon an archive of early modern dramatic and prose writings, and on recent interdisciplinary studies of sensory perception, Stanev here studie

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Enter the Sensory Metropolis; Chapter 2 The City and Its Theaters: A Jacobean Sensory Perspective; Chapter 3 Brothel Gustatory Competence, Suburban Bulk, and the City Devoured in; Bartholomew Fair; and; The Honest Whore; , Part One; Chapter 4 “Is’t not a strange savour?”: Urban Built Environment and the Odors of Restraint in; The Puritan; and; Westward Ho; Chapter 5 Visible Madness and the Invisible Discernment of Charity in; The Honest Whore; , Part One and; The Pilgrim; Chapter 6 Invasive City Noise, Alienating Talk, and the Troubles of Hearing in; Bartholomew Fair; and; Epicene; Chapter 7 “A Plague’s the Purge to Cleanse a City”: Harmful Touch, Rotten Breath, and Infectious Urban Strife in; Coriolanus; and; Timon of Athens; Epilogue;

About the author

Hristomir A. Stanev is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Louisville, USA.

Summary

At the turn of the seventeenth century, Hristomir Stanev argues, ideas about the senses became part of a dramatic and literary tradition in England, concerned with the impact of metropolitan culture. Drawing upon an archive of early modern dramatic and prose writings, and on recent interdisciplinary studies of sensory perception, Stanev here studie

Product details

• Authors: Hristomir A. Stanev, Stanev Hristomir A.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032926803
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92680-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; European History, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literature: history and criticism, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Medieval style