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Author:   Bruce Wilshire
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   No.599
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780253205995

ISBN 10:   0253205999
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   22 August 1982
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Prologue Part One: Theatre and the Reality of Appearance I. What Is Theatre? II. What Is Phenomenology? III. Theory of Enactment IV. Theory of Appearance V. Variations On The Theatrical Theme of Standing In and Authorization 1. The ""World"" of Oedipus Rex and the World of Its Theatre 2. The ""World"" of Hamlet and the World of Its Theatre 3. The ""World"" of Waiting for Godot and the World of Its Theatre 4. Summary of the Variations and the Nature of a Text VI. Theatre as Metraphor and Play As Disclosure VII. Second Set of Variations on the Theatrical Theme of Standing In and Authorization 1. Eugene Ionesco and the Potentiality of Being-with-Others in ""Roles""—Fallenness 2. Robert Wilson and the Potentiality of Projection of Possibility—Understanding 3. Jerzy Grotowski and the Potentiality of Attunement to the World—Mood VIII. Theatre and the Question of the Truth of Art Part Two: Reality and the Self IX. Space, Time, and Identity of Self X. Self as Body-Self XI. Body-Self and Others: Cognition, Expression, Mimetic Response, and Transformation XII. Body-Self, Other Body-Selves, and Self-Deception XIV. Identity and Theatre-Like Disengagement From Engulfment XV. Existence and Art: Self as Memorializaing Structure of Possibilities XVI. Summary and Prospects: Identity of Self Part Three: The Limits of Appearance and the Limits of Theatrical Metaphor XVII. Theatre as Metaphor XVIII. The Truth of Art and the Limits of Theatre as Metaphor XIX. The Limits of Theatrical Metaphors 1. The ""Art of Life"" 2. Erving Goffman's ""Role Theory"" XX. The Limits of Appearance Index

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[Wilshire] establishes a phenomenology of theatre, a theory of enactment, and a theory of appearance, none of which American theatre ... has ever had. Performing Arts Journal ... Wilshire makes unique contributions to understanding major aspects of the human condition in its necessary search for selfhood. Process Studies It is one of the American classics. Human Studies

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