Magical Transformations on the Early Modern English Stage
Author | : Professor Lisa Hopkins |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2014-10-28 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 147243286X |
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Considering a variety of questions centering on magic and, or in, performance, this volume furthers the debate about the cultural work performed by representations of magic on the early modern English stage. Collectively the essays show that the idea of transformation applies not only to the objects and subjects of magic, but that the plays themselves can be seen as working to effect transformation in the ways that they challenge contemporary assumptions and stereotypes.