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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      09 December 2021
      06 January 2022
      ISBN:
      9781108619028
      9781108476492
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108619028
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.82kg, 444 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, European Studies, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies, European Theatre
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    Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, European Studies, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies, European Theatre
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    Poland is celebrated internationally for its rich and varied performance traditions and theatre histories. This groundbreaking volume is the first in English to engage with these topics across an ambitious scope, incorporating Staropolska, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Enlightenment and Romanticism within its broad ambit. The book also discusses theatre cultures under socialism, the emergence of canonical practitioners and training methods, the development of dramaturgical forms and stage aesthetics and the political transformations attending the ends of the First and Second World Wars. Subjects of far-reaching transnational attention such as Jerzy Grotowski and Tadeusz Kantor are contextualised alongside theatre makers and practices that have gone largely unrecognized by international readers, while the participation of ethnic minorities in the production of national culture is given fresh attention. The essays in this collection theorise broad historical trends, movements, and case studies that extend the discursive limits of Polish national and cultural identity.

    Awards

    Honorable Mention, 2024 The Anna M. Cienciala Award, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America

    Reviews

    ‘Recommended.’

    F. H. Londré Source: Choice

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