Ur-Drama: The Origins of Theatre

Type

Book

Authors

E. T. Kirby

ISBN 10

0814745733

ISBN 13

9780814745731

Tags

History & Criticism, Shamanism

Description

Kirby contradicts the view of theatre beginning with fertility worship to emphasize shamanistic rituals in the origins of diverse world dramas in India, China, Japan and Greece Dionysian myths. Includes 18 full page black and white photographs to illustrate his argument and provides eleven pages of works cited in this impressive study of the influence of shamanism upon literature. It is a seminal study in the history of theater. - from Amzon

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