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Fencing, Form and Cognition on the Early Modern Stage : Artful Devices.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coblentz, Dori, author.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Argues that playwrights looked to fencing theory and performance for physical cues and formal structure.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The ‘maister of al artifi ciall force and sleight’: Castiglione’s Literary Tempo
- 2. Arden of Faversham: Tempo and Judgement on the English Stage
- 3. Exercises in Judgement
- 4. Killing Time in Titus Andronicus
- 5. Taking Time for Love in As You Like It
- 6. Wasting Time with Puritans in Bartholomew Fair
- Coda
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Coblentz, Dori Fencing, Form and Cognition on the Early Modern Stage
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-8229-5
- 1-4744-8228-7
- OCLC:
- 1293255599
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