Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/007555002/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 36 of
36
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""The design, staging allusions and symbolism of The Tempest are here freshly reconsidered in light of the drama's historical and theatrical milieu. Demaray maintains that Shakespeare, in composing this play, was not reverting to the "academic" dramatic structures, themes and character types of his early career, but was instead forging from different theatrical traditions a new kind of experimental drama. The Tempest, then, draws upon the European and English spectacle, pastoral, "romance" and dramatic traditions; it emphasizes reformist open symbolism rather than the classical iconography of Ben Jonson; and it points the way to the stylized "heroic" dramas of the Restoration with their exotic themes and staged scenic illusions." "Shakespeare and the Spectacles of Strangeness pays close attention to genre, structure and issues of printing and textual scholarship. Demaray examines the First Folio printings of The Tempest and of printings of drama, masques, balets de cour, spectacle productions and stage documents. On the basis of these primary documents, Demaray is able to show the influence of the conventions of court presentations on Shakespeare's theatrical references, and to reveal new accounts of the imaginative significance of stage illusions designed by Inigo Jones in the early 1600s."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b10437997.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""The design, staging allusions and symbolism of The Tempest are here freshly reconsidered in light of the drama's historical and theatrical milieu. Demaray maintains that Shakespeare, in composing this play, was not reverting to the "academic" dramatic structures, themes and character types of his early career, but was instead forging from different theatrical traditions a new kind of experimental drama. The Tempest, then, draws upon the European and English spectacle, pastoral, "romance" and dramatic traditions; it emphasizes reformist open symbolism rather than the classical iconography of Ben Jonson; and it points the way to the stylized "heroic" dramas of the Restoration with their exotic themes and staged scenic illusions." "Shakespeare and the Spectacles of Strangeness pays close attention to genre, structure and issues of printing and textual scholarship. Demaray examines the First Folio printings of The Tempest and of printings of drama, masques, balets de cour, spectacle productions and stage documents. On the basis of these primary documents, Demaray is able to show the influence of the conventions of court presentations on Shakespeare's theatrical references, and to reveal new accounts of the imaginative significance of stage illusions designed by Inigo Jones in the early 1600s."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-167) and index.".
- catalog description "Theatrical forms in transition : romance, Latin play, or masque? -- Dramatic designs and the spectacle triumph -- Performance allusions and Whitehall staging -- The new theatrical hieroglyphics -- On the symbolism of The tempest.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 174 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Shakespeare and the spectacles of strangeness.".
- catalog identifier "0820702846 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Shakespeare and the spectacles of strangeness.".
- catalog isPartOf "Medieval and Renaissance literary studies".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press,".
- catalog relation "Shakespeare and the spectacles of strangeness.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "822.3/3 21".
- catalog subject "Literary form History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Literary form.".
- catalog subject "Magic in literature.".
- catalog subject "Masques History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR2833 .D46 1998".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history England.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history To 1625.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.".
- catalog subject "Spectacular, The, in literature.".
- catalog subject "Theater England History 17th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Theatrical forms in transition : romance, Latin play, or masque? -- Dramatic designs and the spectacle triumph -- Performance allusions and Whitehall staging -- The new theatrical hieroglyphics -- On the symbolism of The tempest.".
- catalog title "Shakespeare and the spectacles of strangeness : The tempest and the transformation of Renaissance theatrical forms / John G. Demaray.".
- catalog type "text".