“If Then the World a Theatre Present…“

“If Then the World a Theatre Present…“To metaphorize the world as a theatre has been a common procedure since antiquity, but the use of this trope became particularly prominent and pregnant in early modern times, especially in England. Old and new applications of the theatrum mundi topos pervaded discourses, often allegorizing the deceitfulness and impermanence of this world as well as the futility of earthly strife. It was frequently woven into arguments against worldly amusements such

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and Sergey Prokofiev—and in this new edition also considers Alexandre Gretchaninoff’s Sister Beatrice and Alexander Kastalsky’s Klara Milich

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and social conformity

andererseits geht es um die Besonderheiten kommunikativer Nähe in den drei Sprachen

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and how they affect the lives of Cubans