Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture

by Angela Esterhammer and Alexander Dick

Book Overview

With contributions from leading Romanticist scholars who draw on literary history, performance studies, philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology, Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period. These essays consider cultural phenomena such as elocution and political oratory, newspaper journalism, public mourning, the function of gesture and clothing in theatre - even a long-distance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487526113
• ISBN13: 9781487526115
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher