British Enlightenment Theatre

British Enlightenment Theatre PDF Author: Bridget Orr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499716
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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Reveals how England's eighteenth-century theatre dramatized anti-imperial protest, and gave voice to oppressed groups.

British Enlightenment Theatre

British Enlightenment Theatre PDF Author: Bridget Orr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499716
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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Book Description
Reveals how England's eighteenth-century theatre dramatized anti-imperial protest, and gave voice to oppressed groups.

Ireland, Enlightenment and the English Stage, 1740-1820

Ireland, Enlightenment and the English Stage, 1740-1820 PDF Author: David O'Shaughnessy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283

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Reveals the contribution of Irish writers to the Georgian English stage; argues that theatre is an important strand of the Irish Enlightenment.

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance PDF Author: Robert Leach
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780367580391
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Shadows of the Enlightenment

Shadows of the Enlightenment PDF Author: Blair Hoxby
Publisher: Classical Memories/Modern Iden
ISBN: 9780814215005
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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A broad exploration of the collision and coexistence of classical and modernizing forces within tragic drama during the Enlightenment.

A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment

A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment PDF Author: Mechele Leon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350277703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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Book Description
French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote, 'the general effect of the theatre is to strengthen the national character to augment the national inclinations, and to give a new energy to all the passions'. During the Enlightenment, the advancement of radical ideas along with the emergence of the bourgeois class contributed to a renewed interest in theatre's efficacy, informed by philosophy yet on behalf of politics. While the 18th century saw a growing desire to define the unique and specific features of a nation's drama, and audiences demanded more realistic portrayals of humanity, theatre is also implicated in this age of revolutions. A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment examines these intersections, informed by the writings of key 18th-century philosophers. Richly illustrated with 45 images, the ten chapters each take a different theme as their focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.

Illegitimate Theatre in London, 1770-1840

Illegitimate Theatre in London, 1770-1840 PDF Author: Jane Moody
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521039864
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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This book explores British illegitimate theatre towards the end of the eighteenth century.

The Players' Advice to Hamlet

The Players' Advice to Hamlet PDF Author: David Wiles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498876
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 381

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Outlining a classical 'rhetorical' system, this is the first serious overview of how European actors c.1550-1800 thought about acting.

The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe

The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe PDF Author: James Van Horn Melton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521469692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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James Melton examines the rise of the public in 18th-century Europe. A work of comparative synthesis focusing on England, France and the German-speaking territories, this a reassessment of what Habermas termed the bourgeois public sphere.

Utopias of the British Enlightenment

Utopias of the British Enlightenment PDF Author: Gregory Claeys
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521455909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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A major collection of tracts from the British utopian tradition.

Eighteenth-Century Periodicals as Agents of Change

Eighteenth-Century Periodicals as Agents of Change PDF Author: Ellen Krefting
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004293116
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Periodicals were an essential medium during eighteenth-century Enlightenment. The era’s growing number of newspapers and journals made possible a fast and vast dissemination of ideas and debates. Journals were a particularly important means of transmitting ideas, genres, texts, and pieces of information from country to country, from centre to periphery, and from press to subscribers. These journals became agents of change by mediating the increasingly profound and widespread urge to write and read and to engage in political debate. This volume, edited by Ellen Krefting, Aina Nøding and Mona Ringvej, presents contributions that explore this media revolution from a Northern perspective. The chapters throw new light on the reception of Enlightenment ideas and practices in Denmark–Norway, Sweden–Finland, and beyond. Taken together, they make a strong case for the transnational and revolutionary character of the Enlightenment as a whole.