Manuscripts and Performances in Religions, Arts, and Sciences.
Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most cultures today. By focusing on the role manuscripts have in different kinds of performances, this volume contributes to the evolving field of investigatin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston :
Walter de Gruyter GmbH,
2023.
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| Series: | Studies in Manuscript Cultures Series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most cultures today. By focusing on the role manuscripts have in different kinds of performances, this volume contributes to the evolving field of investigating written artefacts and their functions.The collected essays regard manuscripts as points of intersection where textual, material, and performative aspects converge. The contributors analyse manuscripts in their forms and functions as well as their positioning in the performances for which they were made. These aspects unfold across the volume's three sections, examining how manuscripts are (1) used backstage, for preparing and giving instructions for performances; (2) taken onstage, contributing to the enactment of performances; and (3) performers in their own right, producing an effect on the audience.The diversified, interdisciplinary, and innovative methodologies of the included papers carry great potential to expand the traditional approaches of manuscript studies and find application outside the contributors' respective fields. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (526 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783111343556 3111343553 |