Title Stillness in motion in the seventeenth-century theatre / P.A. Skantze

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 209 pages) Series Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 1 Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 1. Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue: Making sense; Permanently moving: Ben Jonson and the design of a lasting performance; Predominantly still: John Milton and the sacred persuasions of performance; Theatrically pressed: Pamphletheatre and the performance of a nation; Decidedly moving: Aphra Behn and the staging of paradoxical pleasures; Perpetually stilled: Jeremy Collier and John Vanbrugh on bonds, women, and soliloquies; Epilogue: Making space; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary P.A. Skantze argues that 17th century writers for performance portray a crucial aesthetic tension between motion and fixity, the study argues that this tension is fundamental to our scholarly understanding of performance and culture Notes Originally published 2003 by Routledge Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index Notes Print version record Subject English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism Drama -- Technique. Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century Quietude in literature. DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Drama -- Technique English drama Quietude in literature Theater England Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 020338069X 9780203380697

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