Drama and politics in the English Civil War / Susan Wiseman
1998, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight and strong. Item #405101
ISBN: 0521472210
Physical description; (xviii, 297 pages). Notes; Includes bibliography 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. Subjects; English drama 17th century History and criticism. Politics and literature Great Britain History 17th century. Theater Political aspects Great Britain History 17th century. Political plays, English History and criticism. Literary form History 17th century. English drama 17th century History and criticism. Political plays, English History and criticism. Political plays, English History and criticism. Literary form History 17th century. English drama 17th century History and criticism. Literary form. Literary form. Political plays, English. Politics and literature. Theater Political aspects. War and literature. Drama. Theater.
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