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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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Details
- 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