Author: Francis DoucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gesta Romanorum
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners
Author: Francis DoucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gesta Romanorum
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners
Author: Francis DoucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gesta Romanorum
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners:
Author: Francis DoucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gesta Romanorum
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Works of Shakespeare, Etc
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
William Blake’s Comic Vision
Author: N. RawlinsonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230287239
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Blake's comic brilliance has been variously dismissed as the nervous ramblings of a neglected genius, the tomfool doodles of a distracted youngster, or a crude tool for destabilizing textual authority. But, for the eighteenth century, comedy played a pivotal role in debates on aesthetics, education, spirituality and morality. This exciting new study blends a close reading of Blake's early work with fascinating historical research to demonstrate that the comic was an essential component of Blake's artistic Vision.
Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part II
Author: Chris Ramon Vanden BosschePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520410300
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
"In the early 1820s, the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle achieved a level of expertise in German language and literature that prompted editors to seek him out as a reviewer and launched his career as an essayist. Carlyle has long been credited with establishing the importance of new German writing in Britain at the time, and Essays on German Literature brings together his complete writings on the topic. This volume will be published in two parts. In the essays in part 1, Carlyle ranges broadly over German literature, much of it new to English-speaking audiences, and comments on three writers-Goethe, Richter, and Novalis-who profoundly influenced him. The essays in part 2 include historical overviews of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present and a series of commentaries marking the passing of Goethe. In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay"--
Shakespeare and Commedia dell'Arte
Author: Artemis PreeshlPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131723040X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Shakespeare and Commedia dell’Arte examines the ongoing influence of commedia dell’arte on Shakespeare’s plays. Exploring the influence of commedia dell’arte improvisation, sight gags, and wordplay on the development of Shakespeare’s plays, Artemis Preeshl blends historical research with extensive practical experience to demonstrate how these techniques might be applied when producing some of Shakespeare's best-known works today. Each chapter focuses on a specific play, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream to The Winter’s Tale, drawing out elements of commedia dell’arte style in the playscripts and in contemporary performance. Including contemporary directors’ notes and interviews with actors and audience members alongside Elizabethan reviews, criticism, and commentary, Shakespeare and Commedia dell’Arte presents an invaluable resource for scholars and students of Renaissance theatre.
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Author: Shakespearean Stage Production
Author: Cécile de BankePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317652797
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
An absorbing and original addition to Shakespeareana, this handbook of production is for all lovers of Shakespeare whether producer, player, scholar or spectator. In four sections, Staging, Actors and Acting, Costume, Music and Dance, it traces Shakespearean production from Elizabethan times to the 1950s when the book was originally published. This book suggests that Shakespeare should be performed today on the type of stage for which his plays were written. It analyses the development of the Elizabethan stage, from crude inn-yard performances to the building and use of the famous Globe. Since the Globe saw the enactment of some of the Bard’s greatest dramas, its construction, properties, stage devices, and sound effects are reviewed in detail with suggestions on how a producer can create the same effects on a modern or reconstructed Elizabethan stage. Shakespeare’s plays were written to fit particular groups of actors. The book gives descriptions of the men who formed the acting companies of Elizabethan London and of the actors of Shakespeare’s own company, giving insights into the training and acting that Shakespeare advocated. With full descriptions and pages of reproductions, the costume section shows the types of dress necessary for each play, along with accessories and trimmings. A table of Elizabethan fabrics and colours is included. The final section explores the little-known and interesting story of the integral part of music and dance in Shakespeare’s works. Scene by scene the section discusses appropriate music or song for each play and supplies substitute ideas for Elizabethan instruments. Various dances are described – among them the pavan, gailliard, canary and courante. This book is an invaluable wealth of research, with extensive bibliographies and extra information.
Author: J. W. Bouton