Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives

Thompson, David W. (Ed.) & Speer, Jean H. (Managing Ed.), & Bacon, Wallace A. (Assoc. Ed.)

ISBN 10: 0819131466 / ISBN 13: 9780819131461

Published by University Press of America, 1983

About this Item

1983 hardcover 1st edition with no dj as published. Light soil and rubbing on cover, corners slightly bumped, a bit of soil/foxing on edge, else text clean, binding tight .

Seller Inventory # ABE-1536097511701

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0819131466
• ISBN 13: 9780819131461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Co-published with the Speech Communication Association, these thirty original essays explore the history of non-dramatic literature in performance from Homer to the present. Focusing on various historical perspectives, the essays examine the impact of orality on the written word and the translation of that impact into performance. Associate editors are Wallace A. Bacon, Eugene Bahn, Lee Hudson and Alethea S. Mattingly. Managing Editor is Jean Haskell Speer.

Review

While Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives is, as the title tells us, essentially historical, we do get, through its thirty essays, a very good look at nearly every aspect of the performance of literature...clearly an important collection, and the extensive notes following each essay constitute, in themselves, a vast resource for further study. -- Leslie Irene Coger, Emeritus Professor of Speech and Theatre, Southwest Missouri State University Theatre Journal ...The wide coverage of interpretation and its many facets gives insight into the origins and developments. Most importantly the book gives interpretation practitioners today knowledge of the source of the current ideas, what they were rebelling against and how the new theories evolved. -- Leslie Irene Coger, Emeritus Professor of Speech and Theatre, Southwest Missouri State University ...The wide coverage of interpretation and its many facets gives insight into the origins and developments. Most importantly the book gives interpretation practitioners today knowledge of the source of the current ideas, what they were rebelling against and how the new theories evolved. -- Leslie Irene Coger, Emeritus Professor of Speech and Theatre, Southwest Missouri State University While Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives is, as the title tells us, essentially historical, we do get, through its thirty essays, a very good look at nearly every aspect of the performance of literature...clearly an important collection, and the extensive notes following each essay constitute, in themselves, a vast resource for further study. -- Leslie Irene Coger, Emeritus Professor of Speech and Theatre, Southwest Missouri State University Theatre Journal