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Author Weltman, Sharon Aronofsky, 1957- author.

Title Performing the Victorian : John Ruskin and identity in theater, science, and education / Sharon Aronofsky Weltman
Published Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 177 pages) : illustrations
Series Victorian critical interventions
Victorian critical interventions.
Contents Introduction : Unstable as water -- "Mechanical sheep" and "monstrous powers" : John Ruskin's pantomime reality -- "Pretty Frou-Frou" goes demon dancing : performing species and gender in Ruskin's science -- Playground and playhouse : identity performance in Ruskin's education for girls -- Ruskin and the Wilde life : self and other on the millennial stage -- Conclusion : queering Ruskin
Summary "This is the first book to examine John Ruskin's writing on theater. In works as celebrated as Modern Painters and obscure as Love's Meinie, Ruskin uses his voracious attendance at the theater to illustrate points about social justice, aesthetic practice, and epistemology. Opera, Shakespeare, pantomime, French comedies, juggling acts, and dance prompt his fascination with performed identities that cross boundaries of gender, race, nation, and species. These theatrical examples also reveal the primacy of performance to his understanding of science and education."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-163) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Knowledge -- Performing arts
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Knowledge -- Science
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Knowledge -- Education
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Political and social views
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Knowledge -- Education
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Knowledge -- Science
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Knowledge -- Performing arts
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 fast
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- analys och tolkning. sao
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- politiska och sociala åsikter. sao
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- och scenisk konst. sao
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- och utbildning och undervisning. sao
Ruskin, John. swd
Subject Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Self in literature.
Role playing.
Feminism in literature.
Role Playing
Education
Feminism in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Performing arts
Political and social views
Role playing
Science
Self in literature
Theatertheorie
Bildungstheorie
Identität Motiv
Jaget i litteraturen.
Identitet (psykologi) i litteraturen.
Rollspel.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814272312
0814272312