The Ethos of Noh: Actors and Their Art (Harvard East Asian Monographs) by Eric C Rath ISBN 13: 9780674013971

Harvard University Asia Center, 2004-06-30. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.2000 in x 9.2000 in x 6.2200 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge (Massachusetts), 2004 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 23.5 x 16 cm; 0.7 kg; 317 pages with a few colour illustrations.; Used book with almost no signs of wear. As new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Harvard East Asian Monographs, 232.; Since the inception of the noh drama six centuries ago, actors have resisted the notion that noh rests on natural talent alone. Correct performance, they claim, demands adherence to "traditions". Yet what constitutes noh's traditions and who can claim authority over them have been in dispute throughout noh's history. This book traces how definitions of noh, both as an art and a profession, have changed over time. The author seeks to show that the definition of noh as an art is inseparable from its definition as a profession. Accordingly he analyzes the mechanisms and the agents who have determined what noh meant both as an art and as a… Read More

Harvard University Asia Center, 2004-06-30. Hardcover. Good. 1.2008 9.2008 6.2205.