# Architectural Involutions, Vol. 1

By **Mimi Yiu**

- ISBN-13: 9780810129863
- Publisher: Northwestern University Press
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 277
- Published: 30 Nov 2015
- Language: en
- Price: £75.83 (new)
- Categories: History & Criticism, Architecture, Drama, Renaissance, History, English, Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Criticism, European, Subjects & Themes, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Theater, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Buildings, Residential, Stagecraft & Scenography

## About this book

Architectural Involutions Volume 1 is a scholarly work of architecture and literary criticism that explores the evolution of interiority in early modern Europe. The text examines how changes in architectural writing and residential building practices influenced the development of theater and stagecraft. By analyzing the work of figures like Alberti, Shakespeare, and Jonson, the author traces the shift from central assembly to a logic of dissemination within the English house.

This history of Renaissance drama and European architecture connects physical spaces, such as façades and closets, to psychic space. The book uses archival findings to show how the performance of subjectivity emerged through new scenography in both domestic and theatrical arenas. As a winner of the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars, Architectural Involutions Volume 1 provides a detailed analysis of the intersection between performing arts and the built environment.

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