David Garrick and the Development of English Comedy : a Study of Adaptation on the Eighteenth-Century Stage.

David Garrick was an assiduous reader and collector of older English, and to some extent French plays and we can see him looking backwards, searching out and buying extant play collections offered for sale. Some of these plays he remodeled and imitated for his company. Looking forward, beyond him, w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swanson, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
Temas:
Garrick, David, > 1717-1779 > Criticism and interpretation.
Garrick, David, > 1717-1779
English drama (Comedy) > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Drama > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Stage adaptations > History and criticism.
Adaptations scéniques > Histoire et critique.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Drama > Adaptations
Stage adaptations
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • DAVID GARRICK AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH COMEDY: A Study of Adaptation on the Eighteenth-Century Stage; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter One
  • Originality and Imitation; Chapter Two
  • Variation on a Theme; Chapter Three
  • Imitation and Translation; Chapter Four
  • A Gustavian Civil Servant, An Excursus; Chapter Five
  • New Variations on an Old Theme; Chapter Six
  • Change and Continuity; Bibliography; Index.

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