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Record Nr.

UNINA9910272346603321

Autore

Küpper Joachim

Titolo

The Cultural Net : Early Modern Drama as a Paradigm / / Joachim Küpper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

3-11-053663-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 322 p.)

Soggetti

Cultural fusion and the arts

Cultural relations

Drama - 17th century - History and criticism

LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 0. Outline of the Argument, Basic Hypotheses, and Remarks on Methodology -- I. The Cultural Net -- II. Mass Media, Early Modern -- III. Historical Issues, Theoretical Perspectives -- IV. Concluding Remarks -- References

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers a new theoretical approach to cultural production inspired by the metaphor of culture as a virtual network. Following a thorough outline of this approach, the theoretical framework is elucidated in a second part through examples drawn from early modern European drama. A third and final part then presents a critical discussion of the concept of "national" culture and literature, from its first formulation by Johann Gottfried Herder to its current developments, including postcolonial studies.