The Play within the Play : The Performance of Meta-Theatre and Self-Reflection (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft)

Devotes to the topic of the play within the play. This title explores the wide range of aesthetic, literary-theoretical and philosophical issues associated with this rhetorical device, not only in terms of its original meta-theatrical setting but also with regard to a variety of different generic applications.