"The following collection of essays aims to answer the question of how Japan was represented on the Jesuit stages of early modern Europe. All of the papers were presented at the conference "Japan on the Jesuit Stage," which took place in Vienna between June 28 and June 29, 2018."--Introduction. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Japan on the Jesuit Stage offers a comprehensive overview of the representations of early modern Japan in contemporary European Neo-Latin school theater. The chapters in the volume catalog and analyze representative plays which were produced in the hundreds all over Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula to present-day Croatia and Poland. Taking full account of existing scholarship but also introducing a large amount of previously unknown primary material, the contributions by European and Japanese researchers significantly expand the horizon of investigation on early modern European theatrical reception of East Asian elements and will be of particular interest to students of global history, Neo-Latin, and theater studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Jesuit studies: modernity through the prism of Jesuit history, 2214-3289 ; volume 34
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