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. Ed(S): Bessell, Jacquelyn; Cioni, Fernando; Vaughan, Prof. Virginia Mason
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Hardback. Editor(s): Bessell, Jacquelyn; Cioni, Fernando; Vaughan, Prof. Virginia Mason. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Speaking Pictures explores the complex negotiations between seeing and hearing essential to the audiences' experience in any dramatic performance. Ranging chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present, the essays consider a variety of methods that help us recuperate the visual impact of theatrical spectacle before the age of video archives. The anthology takes its discussion of performance beyond the physical space of the theater to examine texts that were meant to be spoken but not literally performed, such as medieval pageantry and closet dramas of the nineteenth century. Many essays focus on the Early Modern English stage, particularly the ... Read more
Speaking Pictures explores the complex negotiations between seeing and hearing essential to the audiences' experience in any dramatic performance. Ranging chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present, the essays consider a variety of methods that help us recuperate the visual impact of theatrical spectacle before the age of video archives. The anthology takes its discussion of performance beyond the physical space of the theater to examine texts that were meant to be spoken but not literally performed, such as medieval pageantry and closet dramas of the nineteenth century. Many essays focus on the Early Modern English stage, particularly the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473926
SKU
V9781611473926
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About . Ed(S): Bessell, Jacquelyn; Cioni, Fernando; Vaughan, Prof. Virginia Mason
Virginia Mason Vaughan is professor and chair of the English department at Clark University. Fernando Cioni is lecturer in English literature at the University of Florence. Jacquelyn Bessell is assistant professor at Mary Baldwin College.
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