Read The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner

The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner

Jane K. Brown

4.9/5 (10030 ratings)

Description:In an impressively comparative work, Jane K. Brown explores the tension in European drama between allegory and neoclassicism from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. Imitation of nature is generally thought to triumph over religious allegory in the Elizabethan and French classical theater, a shift attributable to the recovery of Aristotle's "Poetics" in the Renaissance. But if Aristotle's terminology was rapidly assimilated, Brown demonstrates that change in dramatic practice took place only gradually and partially and that allegory was never fully cast off the stage.The book traces a complex history of neoclassicism in which new allegorical forms flourish and older ones are constantly revitalized. Brown reveals the allegorical survivals in the works of such major figures as Shakespeare, Calderon, Racine, Vondel, Metastasio, Goethe, and Wagner and reads tragedy, comedy, masque, opera, and school drama together rather than as separate developments. Throughout, she draws illuminating parallels to modes of representation in the visual arts.A work of broad interest to scholars, teachers, and students of theatrical form, "The Persistence of Allegory" presents a fundamental rethinking of the history of European drama.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner. To get started finding The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0812201477

Description: In an impressively comparative work, Jane K. Brown explores the tension in European drama between allegory and neoclassicism from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. Imitation of nature is generally thought to triumph over religious allegory in the Elizabethan and French classical theater, a shift attributable to the recovery of Aristotle's "Poetics" in the Renaissance. But if Aristotle's terminology was rapidly assimilated, Brown demonstrates that change in dramatic practice took place only gradually and partially and that allegory was never fully cast off the stage.The book traces a complex history of neoclassicism in which new allegorical forms flourish and older ones are constantly revitalized. Brown reveals the allegorical survivals in the works of such major figures as Shakespeare, Calderon, Racine, Vondel, Metastasio, Goethe, and Wagner and reads tragedy, comedy, masque, opera, and school drama together rather than as separate developments. Throughout, she draws illuminating parallels to modes of representation in the visual arts.A work of broad interest to scholars, teachers, and students of theatrical form, "The Persistence of Allegory" presents a fundamental rethinking of the history of European drama.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner. To get started finding The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner

The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner

More Books

What Kind of Paradise

What Kind of Paradise

Interpreting Goethe's Faust Today (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

Interpreting Goethe's Faust Today (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

Goethe's Faust: Theater of the World (Twayne's Masterwork Studies Series)

Goethe's Faust: Theater of the World (Twayne's Masterwork Studies Series)

Goethe's Allegories of Identity (Haney Foundation Series)

Goethe's Allegories of Identity (Haney Foundation Series)

Goethe's "Faust": The German Tragedy

Goethe's "Faust": The German Tragedy

Goethe's Faust: The German Tragedy by Jane K. Brown (1986-01-30)

Goethe's Faust: The German Tragedy by Jane K. Brown (1986-01-30)

The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine

The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales

After the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse

After the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse