Author : Paul Edward Yachnin
Release : 2008
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare and the Cultures of Performance by : Paul Edward Yachnin
Download or read book Shakespeare and the Cultures of Performance written by Paul Edward Yachnin. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the tools of theatre history in their investigation into the phenomenology of the performance experience, the essays here also consider the social, ideological and institutional contingencies that determine the production and reception of the living spectacle. The contributors strive to bring better understanding to Shakespeare's imaginative investment in the relationship between theatrical production and the emotional, intellectual and cultural effects of performance broadly defined in social terms.