Fencing, form and cognition on the early modern stage: artful devices / Dori Coblentz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coblentz, Dori, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--15th and 16th centuries--History and criticism.

Drama.

Drama--17th century--History and criticism.

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

English drama.

Italian drama--To 1700--History and criticism.

Italian drama.

German drama--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

German drama.

Stage fencing.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

German drama--Early modern.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 187 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Fencing, Form and Cognition on the Early Modern Stage reveals an underexplored archive of Italian, English and German fencing texts, which were designed explicitly to teach tempo and judgement. This intervention in Shakespeare and Jonson scholarship provides critical new insights into the plots, pacing and characterisation of drama and attends to the ethical and pedagogical work displayed and accomplished by fencing and dramatic devices. It yields a robust theory of active waiting and brings the imbrications of appropriate timing and ethical decision-making to the fore.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-184) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1474482260

9781474482264

OCLC:

1264137332

Publisher Number:

99992658371