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Baroque modernity : an aesthetics of theater

Title
Baroque modernity : an aesthetics of theater / Joseph Cermatori.
Author
Cermatori, Joseph, 1983-
Publication
  • Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xxii, 298 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.
Summary
"A groundbreaking new study focused on the vital role of the baroque theater in shaping modernist philosophy, literature, and performance"--
Series Statement
Hopkins studies in modernism
Uniform Title
Hopkins studies in modernism.
Subject
  • 1600-1999
  • Modernism (Literature) > Baroque influences
  • Drama > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Theater > History > 20th century
  • Aesthetics, Baroque
  • European drama > 17th century > History and criticism
  • European drama > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Drama
  • European drama
  • Theater
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
On "baroque" -- Introduction. Toward an Orphic modernism -- Overcoming ascetic style : Nietzsche's transvaluation of the baroque against classical rhetoric and drama -- The matter of spectacle : Mallarmé and the futures of theatrical ostentation -- Landscapes of melancholy : Benjamin, Trauerspiel, and the pathways of tradition -- The citability of baroque gesture : unsettling Stein -- Epilogue. Glancing back, reaching forward.
Call Number
MWET 22-414
ISBN
  • 9781421441528
  • 1421441527
  • 9781421441535
  • 1421441535
LCCN
  • 2021002625
  • 40030826970
OCLC
1240305638
Author
Cermatori, Joseph, 1983- author.
Title
Baroque modernity : an aesthetics of theater / Joseph Cermatori.
Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Hopkins studies in modernism
Hopkins studies in modernism.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1600-1999
Other Form:
ebook version : 9781421441542
Other Standard Identifier
40030826970
Research Call Number
MWET 22-414
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