Toward an Aesthetics of the Puppet Puppetry As a Theatrical Art

Name: Toward an Aesthetics of the Puppet Puppetry As a Theatrical Art
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ISBN: 9780313283598

ISBN-10: 0313283591

ISBN-13: 9780313283598

Edition: 1992

Authors: Steve Tillis

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Societies around the world have their puppet traditions and puppetry remains a vital theatrical art; yet puppetry has received little attention in the theoretical study of theatre. The present study offers an aesthetic theory and vocabulary for practitioners, critics, and audiences to utilize in creating, evaluating, viewing, and describing the age-old, yet ever-new art of the puppet. Asserting that no satisfactory theory or descriptive vocabulary has yet been advanced for the theatrical puppet, Steve Tillis seeks the underlying principles through observation and analysis of puppetry in all its manifestations. He considers the disparate range of puppet performance and puppet construction to…

Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 6/23/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Defining and Explaining the Puppet Standard Definitions


Standard Explanations A New Basis for Definition and Explanation


Describing the Puppet Standard Descriptions


A New Basis for Description Coda-Metaphor and the Puppet Works Cited


Index