Toward an aesthetics of the puppet : puppetry as a theatrical art /

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 cons...

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Main Author: Tillis, Steve
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Greenwood Press, 1992
Westport : 1992
New York : 1992
New York : 1992
Series:Contributions in drama and theatre studies, no. 47
Contributions in drama and theatre studies, no. 47
Contributions in drama and theatre studies ; no. 47
Contributions in drama and theatre studies no. 47
Contributions in drama and theatre studies, no. 47
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I Defining and Explaining the Puppet. 1. Standard Definitions ; 2. Standard Explanations ; 3. A New Basis for Definition and Explanation
  • Part II. Describing the Puppet. 4. Standard Definitions ; 5. A New Basis for Description
  • Coda: Metaphor and the Puppet.