Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay - Couverture souple

Turner, Craig; Soper, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0809335182 ISBN 13 : 9780809335183

Editeur : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassi's His True Arte of Defense (1594), Vincentio Saviolo's His Practice in Two Bookes (1595), and George Silver's Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions upon My Paradoxes of Defence (1599).

More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. The authors examine the rapier's influence on the various social classes, the clash between the traditional English fencing masters and those embracing the new style, the growing concern with unregulated dueling, and the frequent references to rapier play in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

As producer Joseph Papp notes in his foreword, this is a book that "makes a difference in performance."

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Craig Turner is a professor of theatre at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.


Tony Soper is an actor and a fight director who has handled fight roles ranging from Shakespeare to samurai.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Southern Illinois University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809335182
• ISBN 13: 9780809335183
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible