Drama and politics in the English Civil War

Drama and politics in the English Civil War / Susan Wiseman.

This work argues that the period 1640 to 1660 was not a gap in the production & performance of drama nor a blank space between Renaissance drama & the Restoration stage. Rather, writers focused on a range of dramas with political perspectives.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiseman, Susan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Theater > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Political plays, English > History and criticism.
Literary form > History > 17th century.
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 > Literature and the revolution.
Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649 > Literature and the war.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: how the drama disappeared
  • Part I. 1642-1649: Cases in Politics and Drama
  • 1. New news for a new world? Genre politics and the news dialogues of the 1640s
  • 2. 'With the agreement of the people in their hands': transformations of radical drama in the 1640s
  • 3. Royalist versus Republican ethics and aesthetics Interchapter: 'The Life of Action' playing on performance in the 1640s
  • Part II. The 1650s: Protectorate, Politics and Performance
  • 4. Gender and status in dramatic discourse Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
  • 5. Royal or reformed? the politics of court entertainment in translation and performance
  • 6. national identity, topic and genre in Davenant's protectorate opera
  • 7. Genre, politics and place: the social body in the dramatic career of John Tatham
  • 8. True and loyal? politics and genre in Civil War and protectorate tragicomedy.

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