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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sarah BalkinPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Weight: 0.409kg ISBN: 9780472131488ISBN 10: 0472131486 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 30 August 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsSpectral Characters offers a fresh way to think about realism and modernism, about literary and dramatic character, and about the relationship between narration and performance. It both situates those aesthetic concerns within the ideas of the authors' day and relates them to present-day theories that are shaping scholarship across the humanities and social sciences. --Sharon Marcus, Columbia University Aimed at scholars of theatre and of comparative literature, Spectral Characters convincingly argues that the modern stage, through its roots in nineteenth-century melodrama, inherited a number of features related to the supernatural that deeply influenced the making of character in this period. --Giuliano D'Amico, Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo Sarah Balkin's Spectral Characters: Genre and Materiality on the Modern Stage is a noteworthy addition to works emphasizing ghostliness, material presence, and genre connections between nineteenth-century melodrama and the modern dra- matic repertory. -- Theatre Survey--David Krasner, Five Towns College Theatre Survey Spectral Characters offers a fresh way to think about realism and modernism, about literary and dramatic character, and about the relationship between narration and performance. It both situates those aesthetic concerns within the ideas of the authors' day and relates them to present-day theories that are shaping scholarship across the humanities and social sciences. --Sharon Marcus, Columbia University Aimed at scholars of theatre and of comparative literature, Spectral Characters convincingly argues that the modern stage, through its roots in nineteenth-century melodrama, inherited a number of features related to the supernatural that deeply influenced the making of character in this period. --Giuliano D'Amico, Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo Author InformationSarah Balkin is Lecturer in English and Theatre Studies, University of Melbourne. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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