Richard Brinsley Sheridan : the impresario in political and cultural context /
Richard Brinsley Sheridan : the impresario in political and cultural context /
edited by Jack E. DeRochi and Daniel J. Ennis.
- Lanham, MD : Bucknell University Press, 2013.
- 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages)
- Transits : literature, thought & culture .
- Transits (Bucknell University) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The many lives of Richard Brinsley Sheridan / Sheridan's early style / The literary origins of Sir Lucius O'Trigger / Reflections upon maintaining a competitive edge: The duenna and her peers at Drury Lane / Schools beyond Scandal, 1776-1800 / The rule of Scandal: Sheridan in the age of Wilde and Shaw / Naumachia and the structure of The critic / The Lees and the Sheridans: an unexamined connection / Sheridan's courtroom dramas: the impeachment of Warren Hastings and the trial of the Bounty mutineers / Pizarro's spectacular dialectics: Sheridan's bridge to the cosmopolitical future / Sheridan and women / Caricaturing Sheridan / Jack E. DeRochi -- Robert W. Jones -- David Haley -- Mita Choudhury -- Emily C. Friedman -- John Vance -- Daniel J. Ennis -- Steven Gores -- Glynis Ridley -- Daniel O'Quinn -- Marianna D'Ezio -- David Francis Taylor.
This 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 The Critic was also an innovative theatrical manager, a flashy profligate, and the mainstay of political oppo.
9781611484816 (ebook) 1611484812 9781611484816 (electronic) 9781299184435 (MyiLibrary) 129918443X (MyiLibrary) (cloth ; alk. paper)
449693 MIL
2021680568
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 --Criticism and interpretation.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
1700-1799
Politics and literature--History--England--18th century.
Politique et littérature--Histoire--Angleterre--18e siècle.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Manners and customs.
Politics and literature.
London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes--18e siècle.
England.
England--London.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR3684
822/.6
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The many lives of Richard Brinsley Sheridan / Sheridan's early style / The literary origins of Sir Lucius O'Trigger / Reflections upon maintaining a competitive edge: The duenna and her peers at Drury Lane / Schools beyond Scandal, 1776-1800 / The rule of Scandal: Sheridan in the age of Wilde and Shaw / Naumachia and the structure of The critic / The Lees and the Sheridans: an unexamined connection / Sheridan's courtroom dramas: the impeachment of Warren Hastings and the trial of the Bounty mutineers / Pizarro's spectacular dialectics: Sheridan's bridge to the cosmopolitical future / Sheridan and women / Caricaturing Sheridan / Jack E. DeRochi -- Robert W. Jones -- David Haley -- Mita Choudhury -- Emily C. Friedman -- John Vance -- Daniel J. Ennis -- Steven Gores -- Glynis Ridley -- Daniel O'Quinn -- Marianna D'Ezio -- David Francis Taylor.
This 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 The Critic was also an innovative theatrical manager, a flashy profligate, and the mainstay of political oppo.
9781611484816 (ebook) 1611484812 9781611484816 (electronic) 9781299184435 (MyiLibrary) 129918443X (MyiLibrary) (cloth ; alk. paper)
449693 MIL
2021680568
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 --Criticism and interpretation.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
1700-1799
Politics and literature--History--England--18th century.
Politique et littérature--Histoire--Angleterre--18e siècle.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Manners and customs.
Politics and literature.
London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes--18e siècle.
England.
England--London.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR3684
822/.6