A Mirror to Nature : Transformations in Drama and Aesthetics 1660-1732 /

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In this provocative study Rose Zimbardo examines a crucial revolution in aesthetics that took place in the late seventeenth century and that to this day dominates our response to literature. Although artists of that time continued to follow the precept ""imitate nature, "" that n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zimbardo, Rose A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1986]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
English drama > Restoration.
English drama.
Aesthetics, Modern.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Esthetique > 18e siecle.
Esthetique > 17e siecle.
Theâtre anglais > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre anglais > 1660-1700 (Restauration) > Histoire et critique.
Aesthetics, Modern > 18th century.
Aesthetics, Modern > 17th century.
English drama > 18th century > History and criticism.
English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this provocative study Rose Zimbardo examines a crucial revolution in aesthetics that took place in the late seventeenth century and that to this day dominates our response to literature. Although artists of that time continued to follow the precept ""imitate nature, "" that nature no longer corresponds to the earlier understanding of the term. What had been in essence an allegorical mode came to be a literal one. Focusing on the drama of the period as an exemplary form, Zimbardo shows how it moved from depicting a metaphysical reality of idea to portraying an inner reality of individual expe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813164984

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