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020 _a9781003271086
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720 1 _aRein, Katharina
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245 0 0 _aTechniques of Illusion
_bA Cultural and Media History of Stage Magic in the Late Nineteenth Century
260 _bTaylor & Francis
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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506 0 _aFree-to-read
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520 _aThis 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.
540 _aAll rights reserved
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546 _aEnglish
650 7 _aCircus and circus skills
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650 7 _aComedy and stand-up
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650 7 _aConjuring and magic
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650 7 _aThe arts: general topics
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650 7 _aTheatre studies
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650 7 _aTheatre: technical and background skills
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653 _aMagic, Illusion, Theatre, Performance, Golden Age
793 0 _aDOAB Library.
856 4 0 _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99559
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