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UNINA9910451399703321 |
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Autore |
Skantze P. A. <1957, > |
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Titolo |
Stillness in motion in the seventeenth-century theatre / / P.A. Skantze |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-44727-2 |
0-415-46013-1 |
0-203-38069-X |
1-280-03752-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English drama - 17th century - History and criticism |
Drama - Technique |
Theater - England - History - 17th century |
Quietude in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-201) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue: Making sense; 1 Permanently moving: Ben Jonson and the design of a lasting performance; 2 Predominantly still: John Milton and the sacred persuasions of performance; 3 Theatrically pressed: Pamphletheatre and the performance of a nation; 4 Decidedly moving: Aphra Behn and the staging of paradoxical pleasures; 5 Perpetually stilled: Jeremy Collier and John Vanbrugh on bonds, women, and soliloquies; Epilogue: Making space; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Stillness in Motion in the Seventeenth Century Theatre provides a comprehensive examination of this aesthetic theory. The author investigates this aesthetic history as a form of artistic creation, philosophical investigation, a way of representing and manipulating ideas about gender and a way of acknowledging, reinforcing and making a critique of social values for the still and moving, the permanent and elapsing. The book's analysis covers the entire |
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