A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Leon, Mechele

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote, 'the general effect of the theatre is to strengthen the national character to augment the national inclinations, and to give a new energy to all the passions'. During the Enlightenment, the advancement of radical ideas along with the emergence of the bourgeois class contributed to a renewed interest in theatre's efficacy, informed by philosophy yet on behalf of politics. While the 18th century saw a growing desire to define the unique and specific features of a nation's drama, and audiences demanded more realistic portrayals of humanity, theatre is also implicated in this age of revolutions. A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment examines these intersections, informed by the writings of key 18th-century philosophers.

Richly illustrated with 45 images, the ten chapters each take a different theme as their focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350135451
• Artikelnr.: 57409214

Autorenporträt

Mechele Leon is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre at the University of Kansas, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor's Acknowledgments Introduction: Theatre and the Enlightenment Matrix Mechele Leon
University of Kansas
USA 1 Institutional Frameworks: The State
the Market
and the People in the Age of Enlightenment John O'Brien
University of Virginia
USA 2 Social Functions: Audiences and Authority David Worrall
Nottingham Trent University
UK 3 Sexuality and Gender: Changing Identities Helen E. M. Brooks
University of Kent
UK 4 The Environment of Theatre: Power
Resistance and Commerce Mechele Leon
University of Kansas
USA 5 Circulation: Emergent Modalities of Intercultural Performance Mita Choudhury
Purdue Northwest
USA 6 Interpretations: From Theatrephobia to a Theatrical 'Science of Man' Logan J. Connors
University of Miami
USA 7 Communities of Production: Eighteenth-Century Acting Companies Deborah C. Payne
American University
USA 8 Repertoire and Genres: Cultural Logics and the Trick of Theatrical Longevity Lisa A. Freeman
University of Illinois at Chicago
USA 9 Technologies of Performance: Architecture
Scenery
Light Pannill Camp
Washington University
USA 10 Knowledge Transmission: Theatrical Intelligence and the Intelligence of Theatre Daniel O'Quinn
University of Guelph
Canada Notes Bibliography Index