Criticism, Performance, and the Passions in the Eighteenth Century (e-bog) af Harriman-Smith, James
Harriman-Smith, James (forfatter)

Criticism, Performance, and the Passions in the Eighteenth Century e-bog

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Great art is about emotion. In the eighteenth century, and especially for the English stage, critics developed a sensitivity to both the passions of a performance and what they called the transitions between those passions. It was these pivotal transitions, scripted by authors and executed by actors, that could make King Lear beautiful, Hamlet terrifying, Archer hilarious and Zara electrifying....
E-bog 802,25 DKK
Forfattere Harriman-Smith, James (forfatter)
Udgivet 18 marts 2021
Genrer AN
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781108875622
Great art is about emotion. In the eighteenth century, and especially for the English stage, critics developed a sensitivity to both the passions of a performance and what they called the transitions between those passions. It was these pivotal transitions, scripted by authors and executed by actors, that could make King Lear beautiful, Hamlet terrifying, Archer hilarious and Zara electrifying. James Harriman-Smith recovers a lost way of appreciating theatre as a set of transitions that produce simultaneously iconic and dynamic spectacles; fascinating moments when anything seems possible. Offering fresh readings and interpretations of Shakespearean and eighteenth-century tragedy, historical acting theory and early character criticism, this volume demonstrates how a concern with transition binds drama to everything, from lyric poetry and Newtonian science, to fine art and sceptical enquiry into the nature of the self.