British Drama, 1660-1779: A Critical HistoryTwayne Publishers, 1995 - 282 sivua The development of this drama over 119 years is the subject of Frances M. Kavenik's British Drama, 1660-1779: A Critical History, a fascinating account of the people and events shaping the genre during the period. Approaching her subject from a popular culture perspective, Kavenik argues that the drama produced in these years was the most innovative since Shakespeare's time, giving rise to such forms as the musical and the situation comedy. A comprehensive first chapter describes the theaters, stage apparatus, playwrights, performers, audiences, and critics of the period, while four chronologically arranged chapters detail key developments during each subperiod. The Lincoln's Inn Fields and Drury Lane theaters, the Licensing Act of 1737, legendary figures like Nell Gwyn and David Garrick, the growth of the periodical press as a medium for dramatic criticism, the popularity of productions like John Gay's The Beggar's Opera and Aphra Behn's The Rover - these and much more are brought vividly to life for readers, as is Kavenik's theme that "late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century comedies, heroic plays, tragicomedies, and tragedies were the genre films and soap operas of their day, enthralling their audiences and speaking to their needs and desires, offering entertainment, excitement, and escape. They also were capable ... of creating or reforming their audiences' needs and desires". |
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Sivu 87
... argument to include the beneficial effects of catharsis on Englishmen's " gloomy and sullen Temper " ( Harwood , 23-26 ) . Despite the ingenuity of Congreve , Dennis , and other respondents , Collier was , of course , quite correct : if ...
... argument to include the beneficial effects of catharsis on Englishmen's " gloomy and sullen Temper " ( Harwood , 23-26 ) . Despite the ingenuity of Congreve , Dennis , and other respondents , Collier was , of course , quite correct : if ...
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... Argument , that I am authoriz'd , by my own Hand , to vindicate any lawless Insult of this nature , and I will shew thee— to chastize thee - hardly deserves the Name of Cour- age - slight , inconsiderate Man ! —There is , Mr. Myr- tle ...
... Argument , that I am authoriz'd , by my own Hand , to vindicate any lawless Insult of this nature , and I will shew thee— to chastize thee - hardly deserves the Name of Cour- age - slight , inconsiderate Man ! —There is , Mr. Myr- tle ...
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... argument is that beginning as far back as Cibber's Love's Last Shift ( 1696 ) and The Careless Husband ( 1704 ) and Steele's The Conscious Lovers ( 1722 ) , “ sentiment " in the form of goodness and virtue began to take precedence over ...
... argument is that beginning as far back as Cibber's Love's Last Shift ( 1696 ) and The Careless Husband ( 1704 ) and Steele's The Conscious Lovers ( 1722 ) , “ sentiment " in the form of goodness and virtue began to take precedence over ...
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