Publicity and the early modern stage : people made public / Allison Deutermann, Musa Gurnis, Matthew Hunter, editors.
What did publicity look like before the eighteenth century? What were its uses and effects, and around whom was it organized? The essays in this collection ask these questions of early modern London. Together, they argue that commercial theater was a vital engine in celebritys production. The men an...
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2021]
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| Series: | Early modern cultural studies.
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2021 English/International |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction Allison K. Deutermann (Baruch College, CUNY) and Musa Gurnis (Washington University, St Louis)
- Part One: People Made Public
- 2. Local Characters Onstage and Off Musa Gurnis (Washington University in Saint Louis)
- 3. Bodies Public: The Roaring Girl and the Rise of Celebrity Matthew Hunter (Texas Tech University)
- 4. Celebrity No-Show: John Taylors The Great Eater of Kent Karen Raber (University of Mississippi)
- 5. Jonsons Ridicule of Shakespeare in To the Reader of The Alchemist James P. Bednarz (Long Island University)
- Part Two: Imaginary People and the Social Imaginary
- 6. Fictional Celebrities and the Repertory System Richard Preiss (University of Utah)
- 7. Robert Armin's Nest of Ninnies and the Public Punchline Adhaar Noor Desai (Bard College)
- 8. Extravagant and Wheeling Characters Allison K. Deutermann (Baruch College, CUNY)
- Part Three: Knowing Audiences
- 9. Coriolanus in the Marketplace Piers Brown (Kenyon College)
- 10. Methinks I see the brave Hieronimo! Dramatic Convention and Audience Experience in the London Commercial Theater Lauren Robertson (Columbia University)
- 11. Afterword Joe Roach (Yale University).