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- catalog abstract ""The idea that actors are hypocrites and fakes and therefore dangerous to society was widespread in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Fangs of Malice examines the equation between the vice of hypocrisy and the craft of acting as it appears in antitheatrical tracts, in popular and high culture, and especially in plays of the period. Rousseau and others argue that actors, expert at seeming other than they are, pose a threat to society; yet dissembling seems also to be an inevitable consequence of human social intercourse. The "antitheatrical prejudice" offers a unique perspective on the high value that modern western culture places on sincerity, on being true to one's own self." "Fangs of Malice will be of interest to scholars and students of drama as well as to theatre professionals and buffs."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12508351.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""The idea that actors are hypocrites and fakes and therefore dangerous to society was widespread in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Fangs of Malice examines the equation between the vice of hypocrisy and the craft of acting as it appears in antitheatrical tracts, in popular and high culture, and especially in plays of the period. Rousseau and others argue that actors, expert at seeming other than they are, pose a threat to society; yet dissembling seems also to be an inevitable consequence of human social intercourse. The "antitheatrical prejudice" offers a unique perspective on the high value that modern western culture places on sincerity, on being true to one's own self." "Fangs of Malice will be of interest to scholars and students of drama as well as to theatre professionals and buffs."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: The Actor as Hypocrite -- They Dress Up -- As Secret as Maidenhead -- Putting on the Cloth -- Humanizing the Fop -- They Lie -- Rousseau and the Cult of Sincerity -- Playing Joseph Surface -- Ibsen's Small Stage of Fools -- Princely Hypocrite -- They Drink -- The Tavern -- Liberty Hall -- Harry Hope's Saloon -- Contested Sites.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 238 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "087745809X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in theatre history & culture".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in theatre history and culture.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Iowa City : University of Iowa Press,".
- catalog subject "792/.028/019 21".
- catalog subject "Acting Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Actors Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "PN2058 .W54 2002".
- catalog subject "Theater and society.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: The Actor as Hypocrite -- They Dress Up -- As Secret as Maidenhead -- Putting on the Cloth -- Humanizing the Fop -- They Lie -- Rousseau and the Cult of Sincerity -- Playing Joseph Surface -- Ibsen's Small Stage of Fools -- Princely Hypocrite -- They Drink -- The Tavern -- Liberty Hall -- Harry Hope's Saloon -- Contested Sites.".
- catalog title "Fangs of malice : hypocrisy, sincerity, and acting / Matthew H. Wikander.".
- catalog type "text".