The dramaturgy of the spectator : Italian theatre and the public sphere, 1600-1800 / Tatiana Korneeva.

"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 crit...

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Main Author: Korneeva, Tatiana (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • 1. How Theatre Invents the Public Sphere
  • 2. The Privileged Visibility of the Viewer
  • 3. The Politics of Spectatorship
  • 4. Public Emotions and Emotional Publics
  • 5. Playwrights Fight Back
  • 6. Liberty and the Audience
  • Epilogue.