Blindness and spectatorship in ancient and modern theatres : towards new ways of looking and looking back / Marchella Ward.
"Debunks stereotypes about blindness, in which readers, receivers and spectators from antiquity to the present have been implicated because their persistence relies on audiences to perpetuate them. Argues for a new way of seeing - and of understanding classical reception - using assemblage-thin...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2024.
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| Series: | Classics after antiquity.
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| Summary: | "Debunks stereotypes about blindness, in which readers, receivers and spectators from antiquity to the present have been implicated because their persistence relies on audiences to perpetuate them. Argues for a new way of seeing - and of understanding classical reception - using assemblage-thinking and with a focus on the theatre"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781009372732 1009372734 9781009372763 1009372769 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009372732 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2023). |