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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779597703321

Titolo

Richard Brinsley Sheridan [[electronic resource] ] : the impresario in political and cultural context / / edited by Jack E. DeRochi and Daniel J. Ennis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Bucknell University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-61148-481-2

1-299-18443-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Transits : literature, thought & culture

Altri autori (Persone)

DeRochiJack E

EnnisDaniel James <1970->

Disciplina

822/.6

Soggetti

Politics and literature - England - History - 18th century

London (England) Social life and customs 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. THE MANY LIVES OF RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN; Chapter 2. SHERIDAN'S EARLY STYLE; Chapter 3. THE LITERARY ORIGINS OF SIR LUCIUS O'TRIGGER; Chapter 4. REFLECTIONS UPON MAINTAINING A COMPETITIVE EDGE; Chapter 5. SCHOOLS BEYOND SCANDAL, 1776-1800; Chapter 6. THE RULE OF SCANDAL: Sheridan in the Age of Wilde and Shaw; Chapter 7. NAUMACHIA AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE CRITIC; Chapter 8. THE LEES AND THE SHERIDANS: An Unexamined Connection

Chapter 9. SHERIDAN'S COURTROOM DRAMAS: The Impeachment of Warren Hastings and the Trial of the Bounty Mutineers; Chapter 10. PIZARRO'S SPECTACULAR DIALECTICS: Sheridan's Bridge to the Cosmopolitical Future; Chapter 11. SHERIDAN AND WOMEN; Chapter 12. CARICATURING SHERIDAN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This collection reinvigorates Sheridan studies by presenting his spectacular life and extraordinary works in the intricate political, social, and cultural context of Georgian London. The author of The Rivals, The Duenna, The School for Scandal, and The Critic was also an innovative



theatrical manager, a flashy profligate, and the mainstay of political oppo