Developing Zeami: The Noh Actor's Attunement in Practice 9780824843496

The great noh actor, theorist, and playwright Zeami Motokiyo (ca. 1363-1443) is one of the major figures of world drama.

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Developing Zeami: The Noh Actor's Attunement in Practice
 9780824843496

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
Part I: Zeami’s Shift in Representational Styles
1. The Social Context of Zeami’s Secret Treatises
2. Developing Zeami’s Representational Style
3. Fierce Moons, Gentle Demons: From Ends to Means
Part II: Zeami’s Literary Turn
4. Composing the Text
5. Zeami’s Theory in Practice: An Analysis of the Waki Play Takasago
Part III: The Actor’s Attunement and Nikyoku Santai
6. Actor and Audience
7. Mind and Technique: The Two Modes in Training
Coda
Appendix 1: An Annotated Translation of Sandō
Appendix 2: An Annotated Translation of Takasago
Notes
Character Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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