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The Resource The nervous stage : nineteenth-century neuroscience and the birth of modern theatre, Matthew Wilson Smith

The nervous stage : nineteenth-century neuroscience and the birth of modern theatre, Matthew Wilson Smith

Label
The nervous stage : nineteenth-century neuroscience and the birth of modern theatre
Title
The nervous stage
Title remainder
nineteenth-century neuroscience and the birth of modern theatre
Statement of responsibility
Matthew Wilson Smith
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The Nervous Stage examines the relations between theatrical practices and the scientific study of the nervous system
Cataloging source
NLM
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Smith, Matthew Wilson,
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Drama
  • Neurosciences
  • Medicine in Literature
  • History, 19th Century
  • Theater
  • Gesture
  • Psychobiology
  • Gesture
  • Psychobiology
  • Theater
  • Europe
Label
The nervous stage : nineteenth-century neuroscience and the birth of modern theatre, Matthew Wilson Smith
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The emptying of gesture: neurology and the British romantic stage -- From gestures to nerves: Woyzeck and the Barbel fish -- The nervous system: melodrama, railway trauma, and systemic risk -- The inner drama of the body: Wagner's neural aesthetics -- Theatre's revenge: Charcot and the Grand Guignol -- The prison-house of nerves: Zola and Strindberg -- Conclusion: nervous hermeneutics and the theatre of cruelty
Control code
989047708
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xiii, 221 pages
Isbn
9780190644086
Lccn
2017006358
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)989047708
Label
The nervous stage : nineteenth-century neuroscience and the birth of modern theatre, Matthew Wilson Smith
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The emptying of gesture: neurology and the British romantic stage -- From gestures to nerves: Woyzeck and the Barbel fish -- The nervous system: melodrama, railway trauma, and systemic risk -- The inner drama of the body: Wagner's neural aesthetics -- Theatre's revenge: Charcot and the Grand Guignol -- The prison-house of nerves: Zola and Strindberg -- Conclusion: nervous hermeneutics and the theatre of cruelty
Control code
989047708
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xiii, 221 pages
Isbn
9780190644086
Lccn
2017006358
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)989047708

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