TY - BOOK ID - 26891 TI - The Cultural Net. Early Modern Drama as a Paradigm AU - Küpper, Joachim PY - 2018 SN - 9783110536638 DB - DOAB KW - Network Theory of Cultural Evolution KW - Early Modern European Drama KW - Mass Media KW - National Literatures UR - https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:26891 AB - 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. ER -