Acting and Action in Shakespearean Tragedy / / Michael Goldman.
This intensely personal book develops a new approach to the study of action in drama. Michael Goldman eloquently applies a method based on a crucial fact: our experience of a play in the theater is almost exclusively our experience of acting.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1985 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- II. "To Be or Not To Be" and the Spectrum of Action -- III. Othello's Cause -- IV. Acting and Feeling: Histrionic Imagery in King Lear -- V. Speaking Evil: Language and Action in Macbeth -- VI. Antony and Cleopatra: Action as Imaginative Command -- VII. Characterizing Coriolanus -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | This intensely personal book develops a new approach to the study of action in drama. Michael Goldman eloquently applies a method based on a crucial fact: our experience of a play in the theater is almost exclusively our experience of acting.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400854806 9783110413441 9783110413533 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400854806?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Michael Goldman. |