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The Problem in the Middle: Liminal Space and the Court Masque

The Problem in the Middle: Liminal Space and the Court Masque

Wilson, Gregory A.

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Poetry CriticismBritish HistoryTheater History

Publisher Price: $84.95

ISBN10: 1949979180
ISBN13: 9781949979183
Publisher: Clemson University Press
Published: May 2 2018
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones enjoyed one of the most successful theatrical collaborations of Renaissance England with their spectacular court masques. But their relationship soured over a dispute as to what was most important in the masque: the poetry of the former or the set and costume design of the latter. Wilson argues that the masque is in a perpetual state of liminality, existing in the margin between performance and an observing audience. The masque is more than historically interesting; it negotiates the space between possibility and reality. This book searches for that intervening ground and the resolution of the problem in the middle.

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