Author: English comedy
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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English comedy: a collection of the most celebrated dramas, since the commencement of the reformation of the stage by sir R. Steele and C. Abber
Author: English comedy
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk Buckingham
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Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Languages : en
Pages : 852
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The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Macropædia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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This encyclopedia includes a two-volume index, a 12-volume Micropaedia (Ready reference), a 17-volume Macropaedia (Knowledge in depth), and the Propaedia.
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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This encyclopedia includes a two-volume index, a 12-volume Micropaedia (Ready reference), a 17-volume Macropaedia (Knowledge in depth), and the Propaedia.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia : Knowledge in depth
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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The Athenaeum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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The Contrast
Author: Cynthia A. Kierner
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814783430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“The Contrast“, which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in 1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler’s play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans—and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814783430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“The Contrast“, which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in 1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler’s play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans—and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk Buckingham
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Pages : 864
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The Conscious Lovers
Author: Richard Steele
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Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Pages : 150
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The New York Times Book Review
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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