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Murder by Accident : Medieval Theater, Modern Media, Critical Intentions by Jody Enders is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Over fifty years ago, it became unfashionable—even forbidden—for students of literature to talk about an author’s intentions for a given work. In __Murder by Accident__, Jody Enders boldly resurrects the long-disgraced concept of intentionality, especially as it relates to the theater. Drawing on four fascinating medieval events in which a theatrical performance precipitated deadly consequences, Enders contends that the marginalization of intention in critical discourse is a mirror for the marginalization—and misunderstanding—of theater. __Murder by Accident__ revisits the legal, moral, ethical, and aesthetic limits of the living arts of the past, pairing them with examples from the present, whether they be reality television, snuff films, the “accidental” live broadcast of a suicide on a Los Angeles freeway, or an actor who jokingly fired a stage revolver at his temple, causing his eventual death. This book will force scholars and students to rethink their assumptions about theory, intention, and performance, both past and present.

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Author

Jody Enders

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226207858

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism