Theater enough : American culture and the metaphor of the world stage, 1607-1789 /

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Richards, Jeffrey H. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.
Sujets:
To 1799
American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism.
American literature > Revolution, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Theater in literature.
Metaphor.
Metaphor
Littérature américaine > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Théâtre dans la littérature.
Métaphore.
metaphor.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
American literature > Colonial period
Civilization
Colonies in literature
English literature
English literature > Early modern
Intellectual life
Literature
National characteristics, American, in literature
Theater in literature
Literatur
Welttheater
Kultur
Geschichte 1607-1789.
English-speaking countries > Intellectual life > 18th century.
English-speaking countries > Intellectual life > 17th century.
United States > Civilization > To 1783.
America > In literature.
États-Unis > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 1783.
Amérique > Dans la littérature.
America
English-speaking countries
United States
USA
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface: Toward a theatrics of culture
  • Prologue: Democratic spectacles: Medium, message, and metaphor
  • A theater of the world, to 1630. Politics, history, and theatrum mundi: some early formulations. American origins I: a theater of theaters. American origins II: a theater against theaters. Prospero in Virginia: the example of Captain John Smith
  • The theater of faith, 1630-1730. A theater on a hill: Puritans and the rhetoric of performance. Playing the (trans)script: the antinomian crisis. Theatrou Mestoi: the example of Cotton Mather
  • The theater of action, 1676-1776. The field or the stage: democracy, theater, and Anglo-American culture. Theater of blood: the rituals of Republican revolution. Providential actor: the example of John Adams
  • The theater of glory, 1776-1789. A theater just erected: America at war. Play and earnest on the postwar stage. Stage metaphor and the New Republic
  • Epilogue: Instant theater.

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