Zwischen und
Kriterien zurücksetzen

Echo and Meaning on Early Modern English Stages (Anderson, Susan L.)
Echo and Meaning on Early Modern English Stages
Autor Anderson, Susan L.
Verlag Springer Nature EN
Co-Verlag Palgrave Macmillan (Imprint/Brand)
Sprache Englisch
Einband Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
Seiten 123 S.
Artikelnummer 31950889
Verlagsartikelnummer 86981573
ISBN 978-3-319-88522-3
Auflage Softcover reprint of the origi
Reihe Palgrave Studies in Music and Literature
Sonstiges Research
CHF 77.00
Lieferbar in ca. 20-45 Arbeitstagen
Zusammenfassung
Analyzes music's importance in theatrical performance

Synthesizes the approaches of music studies and sound studies

Examines the complex interactions between sound, meaning, and historical context


This book examines the trope of echo in early modern literature and drama, exploring the musical, sonic, and verbal effects generated by forms of repetition on stage and in print. Focusing on examples where Echo herself appears as a character, this study shows how echoic techniques permeated literary, dramatic, and musical performance in the period, and puts forward echo as a model for engaging with sounds and texts from the past. Starting with sixteenth century translations of myths of Echo from Ovid and Longus, the book moves through the uses of echo in Elizabethan progress entertainments, commercial and court drama, Jacobean court masques, and prose romance. It places the work of well-known dramatists, such as Ben Jonson and John Webster, in the context of broader cultures of performance. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of early modern drama, music, and dance.

Susan L. Anderson is Principal Lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University. She has published widely on on interdisciplinary approaches to a range of early modern performance genres. Her research also examines disability and representations of difference in Shakespearean drama. She is a trustee of the British Shakespeare Association.