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The dramaturgy of the spectator : Italian theatre and the public sphere, 1600-1800

Korneeva, Tatiana, author

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\"The Dramaturgy of the Spectator: pioneers a shift in the way we think about theatre audience as both theoretical concept and historical phenomenon by examining the metomorphosis of spectators from an uncritical mass of early modern theatre-goers to an Enlightenment audience of experts and critics. This study argues for a gradual change in the self-conception of the spectatorship during the two\"golden\" centuries of Italian dramatic literature, outlining the dramatic strategies by which theatre called into being an adjusting audience capable of both aesthetics and political analysis. The author shows that, contrary to expectations, the public's progressive centrality to the theatre helped to create rather than hinder the playwrights's self-assertion and expression. At the same time, the discussion moves beyond spectatorship per se to consider a range of cultural assumptions and practices. These include the emergent public sphere, the power structures and social and cultural politics in Italy.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Subject: Theater audiences Italy History 17th century. / Theater audiences Italy History 18th century. / Theater audiences Italy Psychology History 17th century. / Theater audiences Italy Psychology History 18th century. / Spectators Italy History 17th century. / Spectators Italy History 18th century. / Italian drama To 1700 History and criticism. / Italian drama 18th century History and criticism. / Thâeمatre Publics Italie Histoire 17e siلecle. / Thâeمatre Publics Italie Histoire 18e siلecle. / Thâeمatre Publics Italie Psychologie Histoire 17e siلecle. / Thâeمatre Publics Italie Psychologie Histoire 18e siلecle. / Spectateurs Italie Histoire 17e siلecle. / Spectateurs Italie Histoire 18e siلecle. / Thâeمatre italien Jusqu'لa 1700 Histoire et critique. / Thâeمatre italien 18e siلecle Histoire et critique.
• ISBN: 9781487505356, 1487505353

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