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Apes and monkeys on the early modern stage, 1603–1659 / Teresa Grant.

Av:

Grant, Teresa, 1972- [aut]

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Medietyp:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9783031539862

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Genre/Form:

Analys och tolkning

DDK-klassifikation:

809.9336298 23/swe

SAB-klassifikation:

Ikb-e.43
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Sammanfattning: This book is the first full-length study of apes and monkeys on the early modern stage. It broadens the scope of existing scholarship by situating the apes glimpsed in Shakespeare’s plays in the wider context of the many uncelebrated uses by other playwrights, c. 1603-1659. The book investigates the theatrical appearances of real monkeys, actors dressed up as apes, and characters mistaken for them, arguing that the ape trope is so insistent in early modern drama that it becomes a structural metaphor. It addresses both plays and masques across the period, arguing that the ways of seeing in these different kinds of theatre make apes mean differently in their generic contexts. Grounded in historicist readings, this book also draws significantly on the field of ritual studies and the new intersectional discipline of animal performance studies.[Bokinfo]

List(s) this item appears in: Teaterlitteratur vintern 2025

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Öppen samling, seminarieytan	C19.001	Available	26201890520

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This book is the first full-length study of apes and monkeys on the early modern stage. It broadens the scope of existing scholarship by situating the apes glimpsed in Shakespeare’s plays in the wider context of the many uncelebrated uses by other playwrights, c. 1603-1659. The book investigates the theatrical appearances of real monkeys, actors dressed up as apes, and characters mistaken for them, arguing that the ape trope is so insistent in early modern drama that it becomes a structural metaphor. It addresses both plays and masques across the period, arguing that the ways of seeing in these different kinds of theatre make apes mean differently in their generic contexts. Grounded in historicist readings, this book also draws significantly on the field of ritual studies and the new intersectional discipline of animal performance studies.[Bokinfo]