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Speaking in Tongues
Marvin A. Carlson
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Paperback. Presents an account of how language has been employed in the theater not simply as a means of communication, but as a stylistic device essential to theater's function. This book investigates the various 'levels' of language and their respective social implications. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
This book explores the political, social, and historical implications of staged language. ""Speaking in Tongues"" presents a unique account of how language has been employed in the theater not simply as a means of communication, but as a stylistic device essential to theater's function. The book investigates the various 'levels' of language and their respective social implications; looks at a range of examples of multiple-language and multiple-dialect theater, from classical Greece to the postmodern era; addresses issues of language in the postcolonial world; and considers modern language play and the layering of languages in the theater, such as with supertitles ... Read more
This book explores the political, social, and historical implications of staged language. ""Speaking in Tongues"" presents a unique account of how language has been employed in the theater not simply as a means of communication, but as a stylistic device essential to theater's function. The book investigates the various 'levels' of language and their respective social implications; looks at a range of examples of multiple-language and multiple-dialect theater, from classical Greece to the postmodern era; addresses issues of language in the postcolonial world; and considers modern language play and the layering of languages in the theater, such as with supertitles ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472033928
SKU
V9780472033928
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About Marvin A. Carlson
Marvin Carlson is Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His best-known book, Theories of the Theatre, has been translated into seven languages. His book The Haunted Stage won the Callaway Prize.
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