Making an Entrance: Appearing on the Stage from Racine to Nietzsche

by Juliane and Vogel

How does the entrance of a character on the tragic stage affect their visibility and presence? Beginning with the court culture of the seventeenth century and ending with Nietzsche's Dionysian theater, this monograph explores specific modes of entering the stage and the conditions that make them successful--or cause them to fail. The study argues that tragic entrances ultimately always remain incomplete; that the step figures take into visibility...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311075438X
• ISBN13: 9783110754384
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"