Shakespeare and the Force of Modern Performance

by W.B. Worthen

Book Overview

Shakespeare and the Force of Modern Performance asks a central theoretical question in the study of drama: what is the relationship between the dramatic text and the meanings of performance? Developing the notion of 'performativity' explored by J. L. Austin, Judith Butler, and others, Worthen argues that the text cannot govern the force of its performance. Instead the text becomes significant only as embodied in the changing conventions of its performance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052100800X
• ISBN13: 9780521008006
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"