Emulation on the Shakespearean stage:

The English Renaissance has long been considered a period with a particular focus on imitation; however, much related scholarship has misunderstood or simply marginalized the significance of emulative practices and theories in the period. This work uses the interactions of a range of English Renaiss...

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Main Author: Dickson, Vernon Guy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge 2016
Series:Studies in performance and early modern drama
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Summary:The English Renaissance has long been considered a period with a particular focus on imitation; however, much related scholarship has misunderstood or simply marginalized the significance of emulative practices and theories in the period. This work uses the interactions of a range of English Renaissance plays with ancient and Renaissance rhetorics to analyze the conflicted uses of emulation in the period (including the theory and praxis of rhetorical imitatio, humanist notions of exemplarity, and the stage's purported ability to move spectators to emulate depicted characters)
Physical Description:xx, 189 Seiten