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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Peters, Julie Stone. Theatre of the book, 1480-1880. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 (DLC) 00040071 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Julie Stone Peters |
ISBN: | 1280444932 9781280444937 9780191698811 0191698814 9786610444939 6610444935 0198187149 9780198187141 9780191541926 0191541923 |
OCLC Number: | 252552338 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Awards: | Winner of The American Comparative Literature Association's Harry Levin prize for the best book in comparative literary history published between 1999-2002. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 494 pages) : illustrations |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Experimenting on the page, 1480-1630 -- Drama as institution, 1630-1760 -- Illustrations, promptbooks, stage texts, 1760-1880 -- Reinventing "theatre" via the printing press -- Critical law, theatrical licence -- Accurate texts, authoritative editions -- The sense of the senses: sound, gesture, and the body on stage -- Narrative form and theatrical illusions -- Framing space: time, perspective, and motion in the image -- Dramatists, poets, and other scribblers -- Who owns the play? Pirate, plagiarist, imitator, thief -- Making it public -- Scenic pictures --Actor/author -- A theatre too much with us. |
Series Title: | ACLS Humanities E-Book. |
Responsibility: | Julie Stone Peters. |
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Magnificent ... a magnum opus in more ways than one ... this is a big book and an important one, that merits applause for both the scope of its intellectual ambition and the scholarly integrity and enthusiasm of its execution. * Years Work in English Studies * Peters' work has a solid foundation in primary sources and detailed documentation ... offers a viable and thoughtful investigation of an important topic. Theatre of the Book is thought-provoking and dense. It is beautifully illustrated with 60 reproductions of various types of literature associated with drama, each one of them a reminder of the durability of print in contrast with the evanescence of performance in the pre-electronic era. * History of European Ideas * Deft handling of a great number and variety of sources ... The author has thankfully brought a sense of order to the material, without dulling the complexity with overanalysis ... The notes are clear and helpful in guiding the reader to a wide range of primary sources and scholarly works that bring an added level of authority to the work as a whole. * Sixteenth Century Journal * This book is an example of some of the exciting work being undertaken in the growing field of book history, a field which has of late lived up to its promise to be truly multidisciplinary. It is an important contribution to the understanding of the impact and legacy of the printing press. * Sixteenth Century Journal * Eminently scholarly and subtly argued ... Scholars in a variety of fields, especially those who work outside traditional discipline boundaries, will welcome this book as an engaging starting point for research at the intersection of historical bibliography, the history of communication, theatre history, and dramatic theory. * Sixteenth Century Journal * Remarkable and wide-ranging. * Peter Holland, Times Literary Supplement * Read more...

