{"product_id":"restoration-drama-and-the-idea-katherine-mannheimer-9780813950426","title":"Restoration Drama and the Idea of Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e From 1642 to 1660, live theater was banned in England. The market for printed books, however--including plays--flourished. How did this period, when plays could be read but not performed, affect the way drama was written thereafter? As Katherine Mannheimer demonstrates, the plays of the following decades exhibited a distinct self-consciousness of drama's status as a singular art form that straddled both page and stage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Scholars have commented on how the ban on live performance changed the way consumers read plays, but no previous book has addressed how this upheaval changed the way dramatists wrote them. In \u003ci\u003eRestoration Drama and the Idea of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, Mannheimer argues that Restoration playwrights recognized and exploited the tension between print and performance inherent to all drama. By repeatedly and systematically manipulating this tension, these authors' works sought to court the reader while at the same time also challenging emergent concepts of \"literature\" that privileged textuality and print culture over the performing body and the live voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Mannheimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813950422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813950426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Katherine Mannheimer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44616306393343,"sku":"9780813950426","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7a9b342-9da4-4b47-ab20-2331b2160752.jpg?v=1703019635","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/restoration-drama-and-the-idea-katherine-mannheimer-9780813950426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}