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Format: 1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-4426-9269-3 , 1-4426-8918-8

Content: Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period.

Note: Re-sounding romanticism: John Thelwall and the science and practice of elocution / Judith Thompson -- Coleridge the lecturer, a disappearing act / Sarah M. Zimmerman -- Wordsworth's lament / Alexander Dick -- Blasphemy trials and the Cenci: parody as performative / Victoria Myers -- A race of devils: Frankenstein, romanticism, and the tragedy of human origin / Richard Van Oort -- Telling lies with body language / Frederick Burwick -- Cross-dressing and the performance of gender in romantic-period comic plays by women / Marjean D. Purinton -- Fox's tears: the staging of liquid politics / Daniel O'Quinn -- Citational cosmoppolitics: Stae·ll, Byron, and the foreignizing effect of cultural translation / Joshua Lambier -- Captain Barclay's performance: decoding pedestrianism in early nineteenth-century Britain / Thomas C. Crochunis. , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8020-9803-7

Language: English

Keywords: Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Electronic books. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.3138/9781442689183

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442689183

Content: Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Introduction: Romantic Spheres of Action -- , PART 1. Public Speaking -- , 1. Re-sounding Romanticism: John Thelwall and the Science and Practice of Elocution -- , 2. Coleridge the Lecturer, A Disappearing Act -- , 3. Wordsworth’s Lament -- , 4. Blasphemy Trials and The Cenci: Parody as Performative -- , 5. A Race of Devils: Frankenstein, Romanticism, and the Tragedy of Human Origin -- , PART 2. Body Language -- , 6. Telling Lies with Body Language -- , 7. Cross-Dressing and the Performance of Gender in Romantic-Period Comic Plays by Women -- , 8. Fox’s Tears: The Staging of Liquid Politics -- , 9. Citational Cosmopolitics: Staël, Byron, and the Foreignizing Effect of Cultural Translation -- , 10. Captain Barclay’s Performance: Decoding Pedestrianism in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain -- , Works Cited -- , Contributors -- , Index

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442689183

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689183

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689183

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (315 pages)

ISBN: 9781442689183

Content: Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period.

Content: Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Romantic Spheres of Action -- PART 1: PUBLIC SPEAKING -- 1 Re-sounding Romanticism: John Thelwall and the Science and Practice of Elocution -- 2 Coleridge the Lecturer, A Disappearing Act -- 3 Wordsworth's Lament -- 4 Blasphemy Trials and The Cenci: Parody as Performative -- 5 A Race of Devils: Frankenstein, Romanticism, and the Tragedy of Human Origin -- PART 2: BODY LANGUAGE -- 6 Telling Lies with Body Language -- 7 Cross-Dressing and the Performance of Gender in Romantic-Period Comic Plays by Women -- 8 Fox's Tears: The Staging of Liquid Politics -- 9 Citational Cosmopolitics: Staël, Byron, and the Foreignizing Effect of Cultural Translation -- 10 Captain Barclay's Performance: Decoding Pedestrianism in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780802098030

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Spheres of action Toronto [u.a.] : Univ. of Toronto Press, 2009 ISBN 9780802098030

Language: English

Keywords: Englisch ; Literatur ; Rhetorik ; Aufführung ; Geschichte 1790-1830 ; Englisch ; Literatur ; Romantik ; Rhetorik ; Aufführung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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