The English Renaissance stage : geometry, poetics, and the practical spatial arts, 1580-1630 / Henry S. Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Henry S., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science in literature.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

Authors and theater--Great Britain--History.

Authors and theater.

Theater--Production and direction--Great Britain--History.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work demonstrates how the work of Shakespeare, Dekker, Jonson and others cannot be adequately explained without reference to early scientific thought and it considers playwrights in relation to the theatre rather than the printed book.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. Introduction; I . DIAGRAM, IMAGE, ICON; 2. Practical Knowledge and the Poetics of Geometry; 3. Sir Philip Sidney and the Practical Imagination; 4. Noun, Foot, and Measured Line; II. STAGE, WALL, SCENE, PLOT; 5. Theatre as a Spatial Art; 6. The Topographic Stage; 7. Dramatic Form and the Projective Intelligence; 8. Ben Jonson's Scenography; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04340-X

1-281-15452-0

9786611154523

0-19-151603-1

1-4294-2194-0

OCLC:

144618752