Dance Lexicon in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

A Corpus Based Approach
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-54119-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 211 g

Reihe: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama

This book provides a thorough analysis of terpsichorean lexis in Renaissance drama. Besides considering not only the Shakespearean canon, but also the Bard’s contemporaries, the originality of this volume is highlighted in both its methodology and structure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ciambella, Fabio

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Geschichte des Tanzes
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computersimulation & Modelle, 3-D Graphik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Ballett, Modern Dance

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I

Dancing in early modern England: A historical overview

- Continental and autochthonous sources for early modern dances in England

Dancing at the Inns of Court

Diaries and annals

John Playford’s The English Dancing Master (1651)

- Salome vs David: The early modern querelle on dance between Neoplatonists and Puritans

- Folk and courtly dances

- From Elizabeth to Charles, through James: Dance and politics

Part II

Dance and/as language: State of the art and methodological issues

- A language for dance: Dance as language

- Language about dance: Matters of textual and corpus linguistics

- Early modern English lexicography: Limiting the scope

- Corpus selection and investigation

The VEP Early Modern Drama Collection

The #Lancsbox software and lexical analysis

Which words to look for

Part III

Analysis: The lexicon of dance in early modern English plays: An annotated glossary

A – Almain/Allemand(e)

B – Bergomask; Branle/Brawl

C – Canary; Cinquepace/Sinkapace; Coranto/Courante; Country Dance; Cushion Dance

D – Dance

G – Galliard

H – Hay; Horn(e/i)pipe

J – Jig/Gig/Gigue

L – (La)volta

M – Maypole Dance; Measure; Moresca/Morisco; Morris Dance

P – Passamezzo; Pavan

R – Round(el)/Ring(let)

Conclusion

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fabio Ciambella is a Research fellow at Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.