Spatial Representations and the Jacobean Stage

From Shakespeare to Webster
Softcover Nachdruck of the Original 1. 2002 Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-349-42982-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

Spatial Representations and the Jacobean Stage offers a timely alternative to theatre criticism's neglect of the intensely spatial character of theatrical performance. The book shows that early modern audiences were highly aware of the spatial aspects of the stage. West examines the ways Jacobean dramatists used stage space to explore the spatial transformations of early modern society - social mobility, wandering populations, rural enclosure, sea travel, localized empirical thought. Dramas by Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Webster are scrutinized for their treatment of these controversial themes.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

West, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Editions Used Introduction: Staging Space Stage-Space in the Jacobean Age The Sun King: James I and the Court Masque The Dumb God: Money as an Engine for Mobility Mean Persons and Counterfeit Port: Social Mobility Masterless Men and Shifting Knavery: Demographic Mobility Travelling Thoughts: Travel on the Stage Local Thought: Intellectual and Subjective Mobility Coda: Drama and the Appropriation of Social Space Index

Über Autor(innen)

RUSSELL WEST is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Lüneburg, Germany.