The Dramaturgy of the Spectator : : Italian Theatre and the Public Sphere, 1600–1800 /

The Dramaturgy of the Spectator : : Italian Theatre and the Public Sphere, 1600–1800 / / Tatiana Korneeva.

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The Dramaturgy of the Spectator explores how Italian theatre consciously adjusted to the emergence of a new kind of spectator who became central to society, politics, and culture in the mid-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author argues that while a focus on spectatorship in isolation has v...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ACUP Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Korneeva, Tatiana,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (274 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology of Italian Theatre, 1600–1800
  • Introduction
  • 1. How Theatre Invents the Public Sphere
  • 2. The Privileged Visibility of the Viewer
  • 3. The Politics of Spectatorship
  • 4. Public Emotions and Emotional Publics
  • 5. Playwrights Fight Back
  • 6. Liberty and the Audience
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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