Religion and the Limits of Metatheatre in Our Town and Sunday in the Park with George

This essay explores theatrical drama alongside aspects of religious dimensionality David Tracy analyzes in terms of limit experience, limit language, and limit questions. The claim is that metatheatrical forms can correlate with limit dimensions, a correlation which may prove as pertinent as ritual...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Bouchard, Larry D. 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Wild men
B metatheatre
B religious dimensionality
B Lapine
B Sondheim
B limit experience
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