theatre, performance and identity in the illuminated books
by Diane Piccitto, Lecturer, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2014
: illustrations
1. The Theatre of the Illuminated Books --;2. Spectatorial Entrances: Where Brechtian Alienation Meets Medieval Presence 3. Staging Urizen: The Melodrama of Identity Formation --;4. The Performativity of Inspiration: Action and Identity in Milton --;Conclusion.
Blake's Drama challenges conventional views of William Blake's multimedia work by reinterpreting it as theatrical performance. Viewed in its dramatic contexts, this art form is shown to provoke an active spectatorship and to depict identity as paradoxically essential and constructed, revealing Blake's investments in drama, action, and the body.
Blake, William, -- 1757-1827 -- Influence.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
PR4147
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B935
2014
by Diane Piccitto, Lecturer, University of Zurich, Switzerland.