Theatre and Testimony in Shakespeare's England: A Culture of Mediation

by Holger Schott Syme

Book Overview

Holger Syme presents a radically new explanation for the theater's importance in Shakespeare's time. He portrays early modern England as a culture of mediation, dominated by transactions in which one person stood in for another, giving voice to absent speakers or bringing past events to life. No art form related more immediately to this culture than the theater. Arguing against the influential view that the period underwent a crisis of representation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107663067
• ISBN13: 9781107663060
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"