Format:
xvii, 308 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9781501751585
Content:
All Roads Lead to Rhodes : William Davenant, Ottomanphilia, and the Reinvention of Theater in the Restoration -- Travesties : William Wycherley, the Fop, and the Provincial Girl -- Indian Queens and the Queen Who Brought the Indies -- Restoration Legacies : Tragic Monarchs, Exotic and Enslaved -- "Have you not been sophisticated?" : The After-life of the Restoration Actress -- Histories of Their Own Times: Burnet, Cibber, and Rochester -- Epilogue : Mr. Spectator, Adam Smith, and the New Global Citizenship.
Content:
"An account of how Restoration drama (England, 1660-1700) both promoted and satirized Stuart imperial and cosmopolitan ambitions, including discussions of the depiction of the Ottoman, Chinese, French, Dutch and Spanish Empires; the slave trade; the novelty of the actress; and the lasting impact of the Restoration on British theater"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 287-297. Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501751592
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501751608
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rosenthal, Laura J. Ways of the World Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 ISBN 9781501751592
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rosenthal, Laura J Ways of the world Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 ISBN 9781501751608
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501751592
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Literatursoziologie
;
Theater
;
Geschichte 1660-1700
;
Geschichte 1660-1700
;
Englisch
;
Drama
;
Weltbürgertum
