Browsing English by Subject "Theater"
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The Infant Phenomenon: Shakespeare, the Mimetic Child, and Nineteenth-Century British Literature
(2013-07-25)This dissertation defines the figure of the mimetic child, and traces its progression and development from the works of Shakespeare through the nineteenth century. The power of the mimetic child depends upon the striking ... -
Race Fundamentalism: Caribbean Theater and the Challenge to Black Diaspora
(2013-07-25)This dissertation engages with radical Caribbean theater as a crucial literary archive that is nonetheless underexplored as an expression of political culture and thought. The theoretical grounding of the chapters emerges ... -
Stage Converts: Performing Moral and Religious Change in Early Modern English Drama
No concept in post-Reformation England was more fraught than conversion. Catholics and Protestant reformers fought over what conversion meant, how it was accomplished, who could achieve it, and how it related to salvation. ... -
The Aesthetics of Catastrophe Time: Constructing Transhistorical and Artistic Archives of Disaster in Haiti and the Gulf Coast
This dissertation explores the intertwined relationship between catastrophe storytelling and history-making, arguing for their inherent connection. Through an examination of the complex nature of catastrophes, this project ...