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UNINA9910783840203321 |
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Autore |
Bruster Douglas. |
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Titolo |
Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre : performance and liminality in early modern drama / / Douglas Bruster and Robert Weimann |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
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1-134-31370-5 |
1-134-31371-3 |
1-280-17777-2 |
0-203-36268-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism |
English drama - 17th century - History and criticism |
Prologues and epilogues - History and criticism |
Mimesis in literature |
Drama - Technique |
Openings (Rhetoric) |
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Formato |
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. [157]-182) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Elizabethan prologue : text, actor, performance -- Prologue as threshold and usher -- Authority and authorization in the pre-Shakespearean prologue -- Frivolous jestures versus matter of worth : Christopher Marlowe -- Kingly harp and iron pen in the playhouse : George Peele -- From hodge-podge to scene individable : John Lyly -- Henry V and the signs of power : William Shakespeare. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This remarkable study shows how prologues ushered audience and actors through a rite of passage and how they can be seen to offer rich insight into what the early modern theatre was thought capable of achieving. |
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