Techniques of Illusion
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A Cultural and Media History of Stage Magic in the Late Nineteenth Century
| dc.contributor.author | Rein, Katharina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-24T10:19:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-24T10:19:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62531 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This book explores stage conjuring during its “Golden Age”, from 1860 to 1910. This study provides close readings highlighting four paradigmatic illusions of the time that stand in for different kinds of illusions typical of stage magic in the “Golden Age” and analyses them within their cultural and media-historical context: “Pepper’s Ghost”, the archetypical mirror illusion; “The Vanishing Lady”, staging a teleportation in a time of a dizzying acceleration of transport; “the levitation”, simulating weightlessness with the help of an extended steel machinery; and “The Second Sigh”, a mind-reading illusion using up-to-date communication technologies. These close readings are completed by writings focusing on visual media and expanding the scope backwards and forwards in time, roughly to 1800 and to 2000. This exploration will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre and performance studies. | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATX Other performing arts::ATXF Conjuring and magic | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATX Other performing arts::ATXC Circus and circus skills | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATX Other performing arts::ATXD Comedy and stand-up | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies::ATDH Theatre: technical and background skills | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Magic, Illusion, Theatre, Performance, Golden Age | en_US |
| dc.title | Techniques of Illusion | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | A Cultural and Media History of Stage Magic in the Late Nineteenth Century | en_US |
| dc.type | book | |
| oapen.identifier.doi | 10.4324/9781003271086 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb | en_US |
| oapen.relation.hasChapter | 3a7421b7-f021-45d5-adde-ced7a5e7849e | |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781032220796 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781032220802 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781003271086 | en_US |
| oapen.imprint | Routledge | en_US |
| peerreview.anonymity | Single-anonymised | |
| peerreview.id | bc80075c-96cc-4740-a9f3-a234bc2598f1 | |
| peerreview.open.review | No | |
| peerreview.publish.responsibility | Publisher | |
| peerreview.review.stage | Pre-publication | |
| peerreview.review.type | Proposal | |
| peerreview.reviewer.type | Internal editor | |
| peerreview.reviewer.type | External peer reviewer | |
| peerreview.title | Proposal review | |
| oapen.review.comments | Taylor & Francis open access titles are reviewed as a minimum at proposal stage by at least two external peer reviewers and an internal editor (additional reviews may be sought and additional content reviewed as required). |
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