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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793800503321

Autore

Korneeva Tatiana

Titolo

The Dramaturgy of the Spectator : Italian Theatre and the Public Sphere, 1600-1800 / / Tatiana Korneeva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-4875-3208-3

1-4875-3209-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Classificazione

cci1icc

Disciplina

792.0945

Soggetti

Italian drama - To 1700 - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chronology -- Introduction -- 1. How Theatre Invents the Public Sphere -- 2. The Privileged Visibility of the Viewer -- 3. The Politics of Spectatorship -- 4. Public Emotions and Emotional Publics -- 5. Playwrights Fight Back -- 6. Liberty and the Audience -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Dramaturgy of the Spectator: pioneers a shift in the way we think about theatre audience as both theoretical concept and historical phenomenon by examining the metomorphosis of spectators from an uncritical mass of early modern theatre-goers to an Enlightenment audience of experts and critics. This study argues for a gradual change in the self-conception of the spectatorship during the two"golden" centuries of Italian dramatic literature, outlining the dramatic strategies by which theatre called into being an adjusting audience capable of both aesthetics and political analysis. The author shows that, contrary to expectations, the public's progressive centrality to the theatre helped to create rather than hinder the playwrights's self-assertion and expression. At the same time, the discussion moves beyond spectatorship per se to consider a range of cultural assumptions and practices. These include the emergent public sphere, the power



structures and social and cultural politics in Italy."--