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- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 442 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "Politics and Aesthetics in European Baroque and Classicist Tragedy is a volume of essays investigating European tragedy in the seventeenth century, comparing Shakespeare, Vondel, Gryphius, Racine and several other vernacular tragedians, together with consideration of neo-Latin dramas by Jesuits and other playwrights. To what extent were similar themes, plots, structures and styles elaborated? How is difference as well as similarity to be accounted for? European drama is beginning to be considered outside of the singular vernacular frameworks in which it has been largely confined (as instanced in the conferences and volumes of essays held in the Universities of Munich and Berlin 2010-12), but up-to-date secondary material is sparse and difficult to obtain. This volume intends to help remedy that deficit by addressing the drama in a full political, religious, legal and social context, and by considering the plays as interventions in those contexts. Contributors are: Christian Biet, Jan Bloemendal, Helmer J. Helmers, Blair Hoxby, Sarah M. Knight, Tatiana Korneeva, Frans-Willem Korsten, Joel B. Lande, Russell J. Leo, Howard B. Norland, Kirill Ospovat, James A. Parente, Jr., Freya Sierhuis, Nienke Tjoelker and Emily Vasiliauskas"--
- Series Statement
- Drama and theatre in early modern Europe, 2211-341X ; volume 5
- Uniform Title
- Politics and aesthetics in European baroque and classicist tragedy (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2016019815
- OCLC
- ssj0001749522
- Title
Politics and aesthetics in European baroque and classicist tragedy [electronic resource] / Edited by Jan Bloemendal, Nigel Smith.
- Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
- Series
Drama and theatre in early modern Europe, 2211-341X ; volume 5
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Bloemendal, Jan, 1961-
Smith, Nigel, 1958-