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The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

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The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

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Keir Elam showed how this new 'science' could provide a radical shift in our understanding of theatrical performance, one of our very richest and most complex forms of communication.

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1134465122

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Shakespeare's Pictures

Visual Objects in the Drama

By: Keir Elam

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Visual Objects in the Drama

By: Keir Elam

Shakespeare's Pictures is the first full-length study of visual objects in Shakespearean drama. In several plays (Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night, among others) pictures are brought on stage - in the form of portraits or other images - as part of the dramatic action. Shakespeare's characters show, exchange and describe them. The pictures arouse in their beholders strong feelings, of desire, nostalgia or contempt, and sometimes even taking the place of the people they depict. The pictures presented in Shakespeare's work are part of the language of the drama, and they have a significant impact on theatrical performance, from Shakespeare's time to our own. Keir Elam pays close attention to the iconographic and literary contexts of Shakespeare's pictures while also exploring their role in performance history. Highly illustrated with 46 images, this volume examines the conflicted cooperation between the visual and the verbal.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1408179776

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Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse

Language-Games in the Comedies

By: Keir Elam

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Language-Games in the Comedies

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This book makes ample use of approaches to language within linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and sociology, in order to do justice to the subtlety of Shakespeare's verbal artistry. Keir Elam adopts a fresh approach to the language of Shakespeare's comedies, considering it not simply as 'style' but as the principal dramatic and comic substance of the plays. Traditional analysis of the language as 'diction', 'expression' or 'verbal structure' is not adequate to describe the range and importance of linguistic functions in these plays. This book shows that in Shakespearean comedy language, or rather 'discourse', language in use, is always a dynamic, active protagonist of the drama. The author explores the extraordinary gamut of verbal activities or 'language-games' that contribute to the rich rhetorical make-up of the comedies. The historical framework complements the application of critical theory which will assure a readership among students and teachers of Shakespeare as well as those interested in liguistics and semiotics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521225922

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Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama

History, Agency, and Performativity

By: Keir Elam

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Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama

History, Agency, and Performativity

By: Keir Elam

As theatre and drama of the Romantic Period undergo a critical reassessment among scholars internationally, the contributions of women as playwrights, actresses, and managers are also being revalued. This volume, which brings together leading British, North American, and Italian critics, is a crucial step towards reclaiming the importance of women's dramatic and theatrical activities during the period. Writing for the theatre implied assuming a public role, a hazardous undertaking for women who, especially after the French Revolution, were assigned to the private, primarily domestic, sphere. As the contributors examine the covert strategies women used to become full participants in the public theatre, they shed light on the issue of women's agency, expressed both through the writing of highly politicized or ethicized drama, as in the case of Elizabeth Inchbald or Joanna Baillie, and through women's professional practice as theatre managers and stage producers, as in the case of Elizabeth Vestris and Jane Scott. Among the topics considered are women's history plays, domesticity, ethics and sexuality in women's closet drama, the politics of drama and performance, and the role of women as managers and producers. Specialists in performance studies, Romantic Period drama, and women's writing will find the essays both challenging and inspiring.

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Routledge

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Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse

Language-Games in the Comedies

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Language-Games in the Comedies

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The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

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Shakespeare's Pictures

Visual Objects in the Drama

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Visual Objects in the Drama

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Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama

History, Agency, and Performativity

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History, Agency, and Performativity

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The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

Shakespeare's Pictures

Shakespeare's Pictures

Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse

Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse

Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama

Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama

Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse

Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse

The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

Shakespeare's Pictures

Shakespeare's Pictures

Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama

Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama

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