Theatrical Nation : Jews and Other Outlandish Englishmen in Georgian Britain /

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Focusing on such popular figures as the stage Jew, Scot, and Irishman, Michael Ragussis reveals the crucial role the theater played in developing, maintaining, and questioning the ethnic stereotypes through which the identity of the English nation was defined.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ragussis, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Theater.
English drama.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Theâtre > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theâtre anglais > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theater > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English drama > 18th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on performance histories
  • One: "Family quarrels"
  • Two: "Cutting off tongues": Multiethnic spectacle and ethnic passing
  • Three: "Cheeld o'Commerce": Merchants, Jews, and fathers in a commercial nation
  • Four: "Circumcised Gentiles," On stage and off
  • Five: Novel performances and "the Slaves of Art"
  • Six: "For our English eyes": Regendering ethnic performance in the novel
  • Epilogue: New scenes for old farces.

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