Shakespeare and the materiality of performance [electronic resource] / Erika T. Lin.

9781137006509 (electronic bk.)
1137001062
9781137001061

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

English

1 online resource (xiii, 238 p.) : ill.

PR3095 .L56 2012eb

Many unspoken assumptions permeated the experience of performance in Shakespeare's theatre. Drawing on scientific treatises, murder pamphlets, travel narratives, dream manuals, religious sermons, festive sports, and other fascinating primary sources, Lin reconstructs playgoers' typical ways of thinking and feeling and demonstrates how these culturally-trained habits of mind shaped not only dramatic narratives but also the presentational dynamics of onstage action. Combining literary criticism, theatre history, and performance theory, this ground-breaking study explodes received ideas about mimesis, spectacle, and semiotics as it uncovers the ways in which early modern performance functioned as a material medium, revising and producing social attitudes and practices.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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