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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822259503321

Autore

Turner Henry S

Titolo

The English Renaissance stage : geometry, poetics, and the practical spatial arts 1580-1630 / / Henry S. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-383-04340-X

1-281-15452-0

9786611154523

0-19-151603-1

1-4294-2194-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

792.0942/09031

Soggetti

Theater - England - 16th century - History and criticism

Theater - England - 17th century - History and criticism

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

English drama - 17th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. Introduction; I . DIAGRAM, IMAGE, ICON; 2. Practical Knowledge and the Poetics of Geometry; 3. Sir Philip Sidney and the Practical Imagination; 4. Noun, Foot, and Measured Line; II. STAGE, WALL, SCENE, PLOT; 5. Theatre as a Spatial Art; 6. The Topographic Stage; 7. Dramatic Form and the Projective Intelligence; 8. Ben Jonson's Scenography; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This work demonstrates how the work of Shakespeare, Dekker, Jonson and others cannot be adequately explained without reference to early scientific thought and it considers playwrights in relation to the theatre rather than the printed book.