Verfasst von:	Wagoner, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Interruptions in early modern English drama
Verf.angabe:	Michael M. Wagoner
Ausgabe:	Paperback edition
Verlagsort:	London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney
Verlag:	The Arden Shakespeare
Jahr:	2024
Umfang:	x, 284 Seiten
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Arden studies in early modern drama
Fussnoten:	Literaturverzeichnis Seite 259-277
ISBN:	978-1-350-23834-3
Abstract:	"From the Ghost's appearance in Hamlet to Celia's frightful speech in Volpone, interruptions are an overlooked linguistic and dramatic form that delineates the balance of power within a scene. This book analyses interruptions as a specific form in dramatic literature, arguing how these everyday occurrences, when transformed into aesthetic phenomena, reveal the connections among characters, between actor and audience, and between text and reader. To interrupt, both on stage and off, is to wrest power. Focusing on the works of William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and John Fletcher, Michael M. Wagoner considers early modern drama as an exemplary, influential moment of dramatic output. This study examines interruptions that occur through the use of punctuation and stage directions, as well as through larger forms such as conventions and dramaturgy. Studying interruptions may indicate aspects of authorial style, emphasizing a playwright's use and control of a text and its implications and expectations. Exploring relative power dynamics pushes readers and audiences to reconsider key plays and characters, providing new considerations of the relationships between Othello and Iago or Macbeth and the Ghost of Banquo. Interruptions, as a form on the stage, codify and expose these balances and imbalances of power"
Schlagwörter:	(s)Frühneuenglisch    / (s)Drama    / (s)Unterbrechung <Motiv>
Sprache:	eng
K10plus-PPN:	1895858518