Theatre and culture in early modern England, 1650-1737 : from Leviathan to Licensing Act /

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Framed by the publication of Leviathan and the 1713 Licensing Act, this collection provides analysis of both canonical and non-canonical texts within the scope of an eighty-year period of theatre history, allowing for definition and assessment that uncouples Restoration drama from eighteenth-century...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Gill, Catie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.
Subjects:
1600-1799
English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism.
English drama > 18th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 18th century.
Theater and society > England > History > 17th century.
Theater and society > England > History > 18th century.
Social history in literature.
Social change in literature.
Théâtre anglais > 1660-1700 (Restauration) > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Théâtre et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Théâtre et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Histoire sociale dans la littérature.
Changement social dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama
English drama > Restoration
Literature and society
Social change in literature
Social history in literature
Theater and society
England
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Catie Gill
  • What do the servants know? / Paddy Lyons
  • Flinging the book away: books, reading and gender on the Restoration stage / Jacqueline Pearson
  • Coffee-houses and Restoration drama / Juan A. Prieto-Pablos
  • Sex and tyranny revisited: Waller's The maid's tragedy and Rochester's Valentinian / Sandra Clark
  • Sex, tyranny and the problem of allegiance: political drama during the Restoration / Warren Chernaik
  • The adaptation of seventeenth-century Spanish drama to the English stage during the Restoration period / Jorge Braga Riera
  • The female wits: women writers at work / Jane Milling
  • "Jilting jades"? perceptions of female playgoers in the Restoration, 1660-1700 / Fiona Ritchie
  • Revolution and the moral reform of the stage: the case of Durfey's The marriage-hater matched (1692) / María José Mora and Manuel J. Gómez-Lara.

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