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Baroque modernity : an aesthetics of theater
Title
Baroque modernity : an aesthetics of theater / Joseph Cermatori.
ISBN
9781421441528
1421441527
9781421441535
1421441535
9781421441542
Publication
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
xxii, 298 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Summary
"A groundbreaking new study focused on the vital role of the baroque theater in shaping modernist philosophy, literature, and performance"-- Provided by publisher.
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ebook version :
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 14, 2021
Series
Hopkins studies in modernism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
On "baroque"
Introduction. Toward an Orphic modernism
Overcoming ascetic style : Nietzsche's transvaluation of the baroque against classical rhetoric and drama
The matter of spectacle : Mallarmé and the futures of theatrical ostentation
Landscapes of melancholy : Benjamin, Trauerspiel, and the pathways of tradition
The citability of baroque gesture : unsettling Stein
Epilogue. Glancing back, reaching forward.
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