LEADER 03054nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910779597703321 005 20230126203206.0 010 $a1-61148-481-2 010 $a1-299-18443-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001005754 035 $a(EBL)1127725 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000845773 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11470236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000845773 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10838022 035 $a(PQKB)11525918 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1127725 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1127725 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10659245 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL449693 035 $a(OCoLC)845250785 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001005754 100 $a20121009d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRichard Brinsley Sheridan$b[electronic resource] $ethe impresario in political and cultural context /$fedited by Jack E. DeRochi and Daniel J. Ennis 210 $aLanham, Md. $cBucknell University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 1 $aTransits : literature, thought & culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61148-480-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aThis collection reinvigorates Sheridan studies by presenting his spectacular life and extraordinary works in the intricate political, social, and cultural context of Georgian London. The author of The Rivals, The Duenna, The School for Scandal, and The Critic was also an innovative theatrical manager, a flashy profligate, and the mainstay of political oppo 410 0$aTransits (Bucknell University) 606 $aPolitics and literature$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aLondon (England)$xSocial life and customs$y18th century 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 676 $a822/.6 701 $aDeRochi$b Jack E$01548132 701 $aEnnis$b Daniel James$f1970-$01530342 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779597703321 996 $aRichard Brinsley Sheridan$93804944 997 $aUNINA