This engaging account of theatregoing in the later eighteenth century explores the playhouse as a source of emotion during a period when the ability to feel demonstrated moral worth. Theatres of Feeling delivers a new approach to dramatic literature and performance, moving beyond more limited studies of text or performance.
This engaging account of theatregoing in the later eighteenth century explores the playhouse as a source of emotion during a period when the ability to feel demonstrated moral worth. Theatres of Feeling delivers a new approach to dramatic literature and performance, moving beyond more limited studies of text or performance.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jean I. Marsden is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. Her previous publications include The Appropriation of Shakespeare: Post-Renaissance Reconstructions of the Works and the Myth (1991), The Re-Imagined Text: Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Eighteenth-Century Literary Theory (1995), Fatal Desire: Women, Sexuality, and the English Stage 1660-1720 (2006), and numerous articles or editions dealing with diverse topics ranging from Restoration and eighteenth-century theatre, children's literature, Shakespeare, to the poet Anne Finch.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Divine sympathy: theatre, connection, and virtue 2. Dangerous pleasures: theatregoing in the eighteenth century 3. Roman fathers and Grecian daughters: tragedy and the nation 4. Performing the West Indies: comedy, feeling, and British identity 5. The moral muse: comedy as social engineering Epilogue.
Introduction 1. Divine sympathy: theatre, connection, and virtue 2. Dangerous pleasures: theatregoing in the eighteenth century 3. Roman fathers and Grecian daughters: tragedy and the nation 4. Performing the West Indies: comedy, feeling, and British identity 5. The moral muse: comedy as social engineering Epilogue.
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