Blake's Drama [electronic resource] : Theatre, Performance and Identity in the Illuminated Books /
Piccitto, Diane.author.
Blake's Drama challenges conventional views of William Blake's multimedia work by reinterpreting it as theatrical performance. Viewed in its dramatic contexts, this art form is shown to provoke an active spectatorship and to depict identity as paradoxically essential and constructed, revealing Blake's investments in drama, action, and the body.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Theatre of the Illuminated Books; 2 Spectatorial Entrances: Where Brechtian Alienation Meets Medieval Presence; 3 Staging Urizen: The Melodrama of Identity Formation; 4 The Performativity of Inspiration: Action and Identity in Milton; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Blake's Drama challenges conventional views of William Blake's multimedia work by reinterpreting it as theatrical performance. Viewed in its dramatic contexts, this art form is shown to provoke an active spectatorship and to depict identity as paradoxically essential and constructed, revealing Blake's investments in drama, action, and the body.
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Literature, Modern.
Poetry.
Literature-Philosophy.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
British literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Literary Theory.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.