Gesture in Medieval Drama and Art

by Clifford Davidson

Book Overview

Gesture and movement on stage in early drama have previously received very little attention in scholarship. The present collection of essays is the first book to present sensible, penetrating, and wide-ranging discussions of the gestural effects that were integral to the early stage. In addition to consideration of the influence of classical rhetoric and reference to medieval texts and documents, the essays carefully bring to bear evidence from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580440290
• ISBN13: 9781580440295
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.