TY - BOOK AU - Küpper,Joachim TI - The Cultural Net: Early Modern Drama as a Paradigm SN - 9783110536638 PY - 2018///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Early Modern European Drama KW - Frühe Neuzeit KW - Mass Media KW - Medientheorie KW - National Literatures KW - Nationalliteraturen KW - Network Theory of Cultural Evolution KW - Netzwerktheorie KW - Theater KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements /; Küpper, Joachim --; Contents --; 0. Outline of the Argument, Basic Hypotheses, and Remarks on Methodology --; I. The Cultural Net --; II. Mass Media, Early Modern --; III. Historical Issues, Theoretical Perspectives --; IV. Concluding Remarks --; References; Open Access N2 - This volume offers a new theoretical approach to cultural production inspired by the metaphor of culture as a virtual network. Following a thorough outline of this approach, the theoretical framework is elucidated in a second part through examples drawn from early modern European drama. A third and final part then presents a critical discussion of the concept of "national" culture and literature, from its first formulation by Johann Gottfried Herder to its current developments, including postcolonial studies UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110536638 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9783110536638.jpg ER -