03054nam 2200589 a 450 991077959770332120230126203206.01-61148-481-21-299-18443-X(CKB)2550000001005754(EBL)1127725(SSID)ssj0000845773(PQKBManifestationID)11470236(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000845773(PQKBWorkID)10838022(PQKB)11525918(MiAaPQ)EBC1127725(Au-PeEL)EBL1127725(CaPaEBR)ebr10659245(CaONFJC)MIL449693(OCoLC)845250785(EXLCZ)99255000000100575420121009d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRichard Brinsley Sheridan[electronic resource] the impresario in political and cultural context /edited by Jack E. DeRochi and Daniel J. EnnisLanham, Md. Bucknell University Press20131 online resource (321 p.)Transits : literature, thought & cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-61148-480-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ConnectionChapter 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 CONTRIBUTORSThis 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 oppoTransits (Bucknell University)Politics and literatureEnglandHistory18th centuryLondon (England)Social life and customs18th centuryPolitics and literatureHistory822/.6DeRochi Jack E1548132Ennis Daniel James1970-1530342MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779597703321Richard Brinsley Sheridan3804944UNINA