Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Colvin, Sarah. Rhetorical feminine. Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607388748 |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sarah Colvin |
| ISBN: | 0198186363 9780198186366 |
| OCLC Number: | 41420760 |
| Description: | viii, 332 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Men, Rhetoric, and the Stage -- 1. The Rhetorical Feminine (I): Women and Muslims in the Literary Imagination. Gendering Creed: Catharina von Georgien. The Feminized Turk. Turkish Types: Lohenstein's Ibrahims and Haugwitz's Soliman. Turks in Opera: Bostel's Cara Mustapha Libretto -- 2. The Rhetorical Feminine (II): Separating the Women from the Boys. The Misogynist Tradition in Literature. The Problem of the Virile Virgin: Epicharis. Sex and Rhetoric: Lohenstein's Venusian Heroines. The Political Masculine: Haugwitz's Maria Stuarda (1684) -- 3. Reading the Signs: Rhetorical Loci and Stage Semiotics. A Black-and-White Interpretation of Hallmann's Dramas. Warning Signs: Literary Witch-Burnings and Other Cautionary Tales. Exemplary Structures: Martyrs and Marriage. Conclusion -- 4. Persuasive Sounds: The Rhetoric of Words and Music. Theory: Music's Power. Practice (i): The Elements of Opera. Practice (ii): The Interaction of Music and Text -- 5. Persuasive Laughter: Carnival, Theatre, and Control. 'Ein Thor muss Seines Gleichen sehn': Comedy's Audience. Comic (Dis)empowerment: The Fools of Christian Weise and Christian Reuter. Comic Reassurance in Opera. The Romantic and the Carnivalesque: From Gender-Bending to Married Order. Conclusion -- Conclusion: Theatre and the Rhetoric of Otherness. |
| Series Title: | Oxford modern languages and literature monographs. |
| Responsibility: | Sarah Colvin. |
| More information: |
Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
Thorough and persuasive examination of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theatre ... One of the strengths of this study is its comprehensiveness ... The work offers a panoramic view of the German stage, shedding light on some lesser-known areas. In this respect it makes an important contribution to the early modern syllabus at a time when the choice of texts studied by undergraduates is often limited by the scarcity of appropriate secondary literature. Equally, it offers a lucid and stimulating argument with which specialists can profitably engage. Modern Language Review Colvin's study is an important contribution to the criticism of early German drama and opera since it unveils the rhetorical strategies bolstering the male Christian ideal on stage and in the early modern theatrum mundi. Colloquia Germanica Colvin's book is perhaps the most critically sophisticated monograph to appear in the field of early modern German literature. Theatre Research International Read more...
Tags
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(28)
- German drama -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
- Women in literature.
- Muslims in literature.
- Theater -- Germany -- History.
- Opera -- Germany.
- Theater and society -- Germany -- History.
- Women in the theater -- Germany -- History.
- Theater -- Political aspects -- Germany.
- Theater -- Religious aspects.
- Theater -- Germany -- History -- 17th century.
- Theater and society -- Germany -- History -- 17th century.
- Women in the theater -- Germany -- History -- 17th century.
- Theater -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 17th century.
- Toneel.
- Muziektheater.
- Sekseverschillen.
- Geschlecht <Motiv>
- Drama.
- Theater.
- Oper.
- Deutschland.
- Orient <Motiv>
- Deutsch.
- Théâtre -- Aspect religieux.
- Théâtre -- Allemagne -- 17e siècle.
- Théâtre -- Aspect social -- Allemagne -- 17e siècle.
- Femmes -- Au théâtre -- Allemagne -- 17e siècle.
- Théâtre -- Aspect politique -- Allemagne -- 17e siècle.
