Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater
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Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater by Robert Weimann
Criticism based on literary or formalist conceptions of structure or on the history of ideas, Robert Weimann contends, has removed Shakespeare from the theater, and the theater from society at large. 'It is only when Elizabethan society, theater, and language are seen as interrelated that the structure of Shakespeare's dramatic art emerges as fully functional, that is, as part of a larger, and not only literary, whole.'
A magnificent study.. [that] illuminates the role of folk culture in medieval drama, especially in the cycle plays and moralities, and convincingly carries the tradition forward into Elizabethan drama... We are fortunate indeed to have this book. -- David Bevington Clio
Robert Weimann is professor of literature at the Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic in Berlin. His Structure and Society in Literatue is also available as a Johns Hopkins paperback.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801835063 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801835062 |
| Title | Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater |
| Author | Robert Weimann |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1987-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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