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Theories of the Theatre : A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks to the Present / Marvin A. Carlson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: 1993Edition: Expanded EditionDescription: 1 online resource (552 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501726880
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792/.01 20
LOC classification:
  • PN2039 .C26 1993
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the Expanded Edition -- 1. Aristotle and the Greeks -- 2. Roman and Late Classic Theory -- 3. The Medieval Period -- 4. The Italian Renaissance -- 5. The Spanish Renaissance -- 6. The French Renaissance -- 7. The Renaissance in England and the Nether lands -- 8. Seventeenth-Century France -- 9. The Restoration and Eighteenth Century in England -- 10. Eighteenth-Century France -- 11. Germany to Hegel -- 12. Italy and France in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 13. Nineteenth-Century England -- 14. Russian Theory to 1900 -- 15. The Germanic Tradition in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 16. France in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 17. The Early Twentieth Century, 1900-1914 -- 18. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1930 -- 19. The Twentieth Century, 1930-1950 -- 20. The Twentieth Century, 1950-1965 -- 21. The Twentieth Century, 1965-1980 -- 22. The Twentieth Century since 1980 -- Index
Summary: Beginning with Aristotle and the Greeks and ending with semiotics and post-structuralism, Theories of the Theatre is the first comprehensive survey of Western dramatic theory. In this expanded edition the author has updated the book and added a new concluding chapter that focuses on theoretical developments since 1980, emphasizing the impact of feminist theory.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the Expanded Edition -- 1. Aristotle and the Greeks -- 2. Roman and Late Classic Theory -- 3. The Medieval Period -- 4. The Italian Renaissance -- 5. The Spanish Renaissance -- 6. The French Renaissance -- 7. The Renaissance in England and the Nether lands -- 8. Seventeenth-Century France -- 9. The Restoration and Eighteenth Century in England -- 10. Eighteenth-Century France -- 11. Germany to Hegel -- 12. Italy and France in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 13. Nineteenth-Century England -- 14. Russian Theory to 1900 -- 15. The Germanic Tradition in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 16. France in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 17. The Early Twentieth Century, 1900-1914 -- 18. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1930 -- 19. The Twentieth Century, 1930-1950 -- 20. The Twentieth Century, 1950-1965 -- 21. The Twentieth Century, 1965-1980 -- 22. The Twentieth Century since 1980 -- Index

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Beginning with Aristotle and the Greeks and ending with semiotics and post-structuralism, Theories of the Theatre is the first comprehensive survey of Western dramatic theory. In this expanded edition the author has updated the book and added a new concluding chapter that focuses on theoretical developments since 1980, emphasizing the impact of feminist theory.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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