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Autore |
Willie Rachel |
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Staging the revolution : drama, reinvention and history, 1647-72 / / Rachel Willie |
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Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-5261-3956-1 |
1-5261-0405-9 |
1-78499-676-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 pages) : digital file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Theater - Great Britain - History - 17th century |
Literature |
Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights |
LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama |
Classic & pre-20th century plays |
Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Staging the revolution ; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations; A note on dating and on spelling; Introduction Of 1647, theatre closure and reinvention; 1 The paper stage; 2 Fairs, ghosts, tyranny and usurpation: debating the body politic on the paper stage; 3 Reinventing the masque: Shirley's and Davenant's protectorate entertainments; 4 Heroic drama on the commonwealth and Restoration stage; 5 Ideas of panegyric in early Restoration comedy; Epilogue Of 1688 and reinventing the past; Bibliography ; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work reassess the dramatic output of the Commonwealth, Protectorate and early Restoration; a period that has often been marginalised by specialists of both Renaissance and Restoration drama. |
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