Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 261 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781487532086
Series Statement:
Toronto Italian Studies
Content:
The Dramaturgy of the Spectator explores how Italian theatre consciously adjusted to the emergence of a new kind of spectator who became central to society, politics, and culture in the mid-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author argues that while a focus on spectatorship in isolation has value, if we are to understand the broader stakes of the relationship between the power structures and the public sphere as it was then emerging, we must trace step-by-step how spectatorship as a practice was rooted in the social and cultural politics of Italy at the time. By delineating the evolution of the Italian theatre public, as well as the dramatic innovations and communicative techniques developed in an attempt to manipulate the relationship between spectator and performance, this book pioneers a shift in our understanding of audience as both theoretical concept and historical phenomenon
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)
,
In English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 9781487505356
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Italienisch
;
Drama
;
Theater
;
Zuschauer
;
Geschichte 1600-1800
DOI:
10.3138/9781487532086
URL:
Volltext
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