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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812416703321

Autore

McGavin John J. <1950-, >

Titolo

Theatricality and narrative in medieval and early modern Scotland / / John J. McGavin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-88010-1

1-315-23645-1

1-281-89385-4

9786611893859

0-7546-8649-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Disciplina

822.009/9411

Soggetti

English drama - Scottish authors - History and criticism

Scottish drama - History and criticism

Theater - Scotland - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Ashgate Pub.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-156) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : a witness fit for purpose -- The public scene -- Enacting revenge -- Theatre of departure -- From David Lindsay to Skipper Lindsay -- The barren show.

Sommario/riassunto

John McGavin here analyses narrative accounts of public theatricality in late medieval and early modern Scottish culture (pre-1645). He shows that journals, memoirs and chronicles record events which were often ambiguous in genre, confrontational in action and aimed at both present and future 'spectators'. McGavin demonstrates that early Scottish culture is revealed as much in its processes of witnessing as in that which it claims to witness.