Catriona Kelly

Petrushka

The Russian Carnival Puppet Theatre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Catriona Kelly's study, the first to appear in English, traces the history of Petrushka, the Russian equivalent of Punch and Judy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780521108997
• ISBN-10: 0521108993
• Artikelnr.: 26104036

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
A note on transliteration and abbreviations
Introduction
1. Petrushka and the fairground
2. The physiognomy of Petrushka
3. Petrushka, Punch and Pulcinella
4. Petrushka and Petrushka: fairground and carnival in high literature
5. Sanitary Petrushka and sanitised Petrushka: the agit-prop puppet theatre
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.