LEADER 04206nam 2200913 a 450 001 9910777749703321 005 20210525201118.0 010 $a0-8147-4937-2 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814749371 035 $a(CKB)1000000000752836 035 $a(OCoLC)176632638 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10189758 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000130064 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142520 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130064 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080265 035 $a(PQKB)11270908 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3025599 035 $a(DE-B1597)548409 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814749371 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000752836 100 $a20150424d2007|||| s|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContrast : Manners, Morals, and Authority in the Early American Republic$b[electronic resource] 210 $aNew York, NY, USA$cNYU Press$d2007 210 $cNYU Press 215 $a1 online resource (158 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8147-4792-2 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $t1 Introduction -- $t2 The Contrast by Royall Tyler -- $t3 Primary Documents -- $tSuggested Reading -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $a?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. 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM$2bisac 606 $aDrama$2bisac 606 $aManners and customs$xHistory$y18th century$zUnited States$vDrama 606 $aConduct of life$vDrama 606 $aBetrothal$vDrama 606 $aArranged marriage$vDrama 606 $aMate selection$vDrama 606 $aPolitics and literature$vSources 606 $aEnglish$2HILCC 606 $aLanguages & Literatures$2HILCC 606 $aAmerican Literature$2HILCC 610 $aContrast. 610 $aRepublic. 610 $acreative. 610 $aearly. 610 $ageneral. 610 $ahistory. 610 $amanner. 610 $amaterials. 610 $apresent. 610 $areaders. 610 $astudents. 610 $ateachers. 610 $auser-friendly. 610 $awitty. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM 615 7$aDrama 615 0$aManners and customs$xHistory 615 0$aConduct of life 615 0$aBetrothal 615 0$aArranged marriage 615 0$aMate selection 615 0$aPolitics and literature 615 7$aEnglish 615 7$aLanguages & Literatures 615 7$aAmerican Literature 676 $a812/.1 700 $aTyler$b Royall$0403234 702 $aKierner$b Cynthia A 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777749703321 996 $aContrast : Manners, Morals, and Authority in the Early American Republic$93863052 997 $aUNINA