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Drama and politics in the English Civil War

Title
Drama and politics in the English Civil War / Susan Wiseman.
Author
Wiseman, Susan.
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Description
xviii, 297 pages; 23 cm
Summary
This work argues that the period 1640 to 1660 was not a gap in the production & performance of drama nor a blank space between Renaissance drama & the Restoration stage. Rather, writers focused on a range of dramas with political perspectives.
Subject
  • Zielke-Nadkarni, Andrea 1956-
  • 1600-1699
  • Geschichte 1640-1660
  • English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
  • Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century
  • Theater > Political aspects > History > Great Britain > 17th century
  • Political plays, English > History and criticism
  • Literary form > History > 17th century
  • English drama
  • Literary form
  • Political plays, English
  • Politics and literature
  • Theater > Political aspects
  • War and literature
  • Drama
  • Theater
  • Engels
  • Toneel
  • Politiek
  • Engelse Burgeroorlog
  • Literary form
  • Politique et littérature > Angleterre (GB) > 17e siècle
  • Théâtre anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique
  • Great Britain > History > Literature and the revolution. > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660
  • Great Britain > History > Literature and the war. > Civil War, 1642-1649
  • Great Britain
  • Großbritannien
  • Englisch
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-289) and index.
Contents
Introduction: how the drama disappeared -- Part I. 1642-1649: Cases in Politics and Drama -- 1. New news for a new world? Genre politics and the news dialogues of the 1640s -- 2. 'With the agreement of the people in their hands': transformations of radical drama in the 1640s -- 3. Royalist versus Republican ethics and aesthetics Interchapter: 'The Life of Action' playing on performance in the 1640s -- Part II. The 1650s: Protectorate, Politics and Performance -- 4. Gender and status in dramatic discourse Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle -- 5. Royal or reformed? the politics of court entertainment in translation and performance -- 6. national identity, topic and genre in Davenant's protectorate opera -- 7. Genre, politics and place: the social body in the dramatic career of John Tatham -- 8. True and loyal? politics and genre in Civil War and protectorate tragicomedy.
ISBN
  • 0521472210
  • 9780521472210
  • 9780521032452
  • 0521032458
LCCN
97006745
OCLC
  • ocm36528197
  • 36528197
  • SCSB-364987
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library