Comedy and the public sphere : the rebirth of theatre as comedy and the genealogy of the modern public arena / by Árpád Szakolczai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szakolczai, Árpád.

Series:

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 77.

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 77

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Europe--History.

Theater.

Theater and society.

History.

Europe.

Theater and society--Europe--History.

Comedy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 357 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Contents:

Introduction

The public sphere as a theatrical arena of mocking contest: comedy, mask, laughter. The public and its masks: permanent hyper-critique and hypocritical performance

Nietzsche's intuitions: from theatre through humanist philology to Richard Wagner, or the genealogy of the modern world as stage

Ridiculing as public weapon

The rebirth of theatre as comedy out of the spirit of the Byzantium

The Byzantine spirit and its sources. Transmitting, receiving and nurturing the Byzantine spirit

The rise of theatre in Venice

The effect mechanism of Commedia dell'Arte: visions and realities of commedification

Commedia dell'Arte: schismogenic sub-plots and irresistible stock-types

Shakespeare: the tragedy of world history being a comedy

Representing representation: visionary images of Commedia dell'Arte

The rebirth of Commedia dell'Arte as the Avant-garde. The rebirth of Pierrot as suffering victim

Obsessed with Paris and public fame: Richard Wagner, the mimomaniac revolutionary

Pierrot and Pulcinella in between Paris and Petersburg: the Avant-Garde of Diaghilev and Meyerhold

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415623919

041562391X

OCLC:

776535216