The Embodiment of Characters : the Representation of Physical Experience on Stage and in Print, 1728-1749 /

In The Embodiment of Characters, Jones DeRitter examines the connection between the eighteenth-century London stage and the early English novel. DeRitter begins with the sweeping changes decreed by the Stage Licensing Act of 1737, which closed three of London's five legitimate theaters and dict...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeRitter, Jones
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:New Cultural Studies
Temas:
1700-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Human body in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
Characters and characteristics in literature
English literature
Human body in literature
Sex role in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Life Among the "Otamys": Gender and Demography in The Beggar's Opera
  • 2. "The storm that lust began must end in blood": The Physical Economy of The London Merchant
  • 3. "Not the Person she conceived me": The Public Identities of Charlotte Charke
  • 4. "So much written about what deserves not the least consideration": Performance and Physical Experience in Clarissa
  • 5. Who She Was and What She Was: Female Characters and Physical Experience in Tom Jones
  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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