How the World Became a Stage : Presence, Theatricality, and the Question of Modernity.

Intro -- HOW THE WORLD BECAME A STAGE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: The Legend of Saint Genesius -- 1. Actors, Agents, and Avatars -- AVATARS -- PERFORMATIVITY -- THEATRICALITY -- 2. Real Presence, Sympathetic Magic, and the Power of Gesture -- MAGIC -- PRESENCE -- PERFORMANCES -- RELIGIOUS SPECTACLE -- POLITICAL SPECTACLE -- SEEDS OF THEATRICALITY -- 3. Saint Genesius on the Stage of the World -- DIDEROT'S PARADOX -- METATHEATER -- ACTORS AND MARTYRS -- 4. A Tale of Two Cities: The Evolution of Renaissance Stage Practices in Madrid and Paris -- ITALIAN INNOVATIONS -- THEORIES AND THEATERS IN PARIS -- THEORIES AND THEATERS IN MADRID -- TALES FROM THE CRYPT -- TRUE PRETENSE: LOPE'S LO FINGIDO VERDADERO AND THE STRUCTURE OF THEATRICAL SPACE -- 5. Theatricality versus Subjectivity -- PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTIVITY -- POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITY -- AESTHETIC SUBJECTIVITY -- THEATRICALITY AND MEDIA THEORY -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- EPILOGUE -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Argues that the experience of modernity is fundamentally spatial rather than subjective.

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