Staging the Emergence of Metadrama in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream the addition of the various framing devices to Pyramus and Thisbe begins with Bottom’s desire to monopolize the stage. The craftsmen’s metadramatic speeches motivate the courtly audience’s sustained commentary on the play, by which they imitate the...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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Anthropoetics
Ano: 2023, Volume: 28, Número: 2 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Hamlet
B self-reference B Authority B René Girard B Robert Weimann B Shakespeare B Michael Tomasello B metadrama B mimetic rivalry B A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
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| Resumo: | In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream the addition of the various framing devices to Pyramus and Thisbe begins with Bottom’s desire to monopolize the stage. The craftsmen’s metadramatic speeches motivate the courtly audience’s sustained commentary on the play, by which they imitate the players in their absurdly literal interpretation of the play action... In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream the addition of the various framing devices to Pyramus and Thisbe begins with Bottom’s desire to monopolize the stage. The craftsmen’s metadramatic speeches motivate the courtly audience’s sustained commentary on the play, by which they imitate the players in their absurdly literal interpretation of the play action and enter into competition for the attention of everyone present. Metadrama emerges as prominent feature of Shakespearean drama in order to address the potential rivalry and resistance of the audience—effects of a nascent free market and the declining respect for divine hierarchy. |
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| Descrição Física: | 43 |
| ISSN: | 1083-7264 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Anthropoetics
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