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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199559252
ISBN-139780199559251
eBay Product ID (ePID)71666791
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameEarly Stuart Masque : Dance, Costume, and Music
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
SubjectEurope / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Drama, Theater / History & Criticism, Dance / Regional & Ethnic, Popular Culture, Europe / Great Britain / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorBarbara Ravelhofer
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews'...an impressive and handsome book that makes a fine contribution to masque scholarship...[Ravelhofer] has done a fantastic job.'Review of English Studies, ...a work of exceptional range and substance, which takes the study of the masque to an altogether new level...a book rich with fascinating material...the most important study of the masque to appear for a long time., 'Review from previous edition Ravelhofer is particularly interesting on costume.'Plays International'...an impressive and handsome book that makes a fine contribution to masque scholarship...[Ravelhofer] has done a fantastic job.'Review of English Studies'Ravelhofer's book enormously extends our knowledge of these fields, bringing new sources to bear, and valuably reading English sources within an international perspective.'NTQ, 'Review from previous edition Ravelhofer is particularly interesting on costume.'Plays International, "One of the most thorough treatments of the actual staging of [court masques] to date." --Sixteenth Century Journal, Ravelhofer breaks new ground in exploring how masques actuall worked...This is a valuable study, full of new information culled from a wide range of sources., "One of the most thorough treatments of the actual staging of [court masques] to date." -- Sixteenth Century Journal, 'Ravelhofer's book enormously extends our knowledge of these fields, bringing new sources to bear, and valuably reading English sources within an international perspective.'NTQ
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal782.1509
Table Of ContentPart One: Dance1. Methodology2. English and Continental Sources3. Theatre Dances4. Discipline or Pleasure?Part Two: Costume5. Masque Costumes6. Colours and Lights: The Costume in Motion7. Costume Conventions for Male and Female MasquersPart Three: Case Studies8. Two Jonsonian Court Masques9. Historical Costume, Historical Dancing: iCoelum Britannicum/i10. Global Spectacle: An English Masque in Constantinople
SynopsisThe Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissance. Drawing on a massive amount of documentary evidence relating to English productions as well as spectacle in France, Italy, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire, the book elucidates professional ballet, theatre management, and dramatic performance at the early Stuart court. Individual studies take a fresh look at works by Ben Jonson, Samuel Daniel, Thomas Carew, John Milton, William Davenant, and others, showing how court poets collaborated with tailors, designers, technicians, choreographers, and aristocratic as well as professional performers to create a dazzling event. Based on extensive archival research on the households of Queen Anne and Queen Henrietta Maria, special chapters highlight the artistic and financial control of Stuart queens over their masques and pastorals. Many plates and figures from German, Austrian, French, and English archives illustrate accessibly-written introductions to costume conventions, early dance styles, male and female performers, the dramatic symbolism of colours, and stage design in performance. With splendid costumes and choreographies, masques once appealed to the five senses. A tribute to their colourful brilliance, this book seeks to recover a lost dimension of performance culture in early modern England., The Early Stuart Masque studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissance., The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissance. Drawing on a massive amount of documentary evidence relating to English productions as well as spectacle in France, Italy, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire, the book elucidates professional ballet, theatre management, and dramatic performance at the early Stuart court. Individual studies take a fresh look at works by Ben Jonson, Samuel Daniel, Thomas Carew, John Milton, William Davenant, and others, showing how court poets collaborated with tailors, designers, technicians, choreographers, and aristocratic as well as professional performers to create a dazzling event. Based on extensive archival research on the households of Queen Anne and Queen Henrietta Maria, special chapters highlight the artistic and financial control of Stuart queens over their masques and pastorals. Many plates and figures from German, Austrian, French, and English archives illustrate accessibly-written introductions to costume conventions, early dance styles, male and female performers, the dramatic symbolism of colors, and stage design in performance. With splendid costumes and choreographies, masques once appealed to the five senses. A tribute to their colorful brilliance, this book seeks to recover a lost dimension of performance culture in early modern England.
LC Classification NumberGV1646.E6R38 2009
