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BL
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Record Number
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1035447
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b789817
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Main Entry
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Wiseman, Susan.
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Title & Author
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Drama and politics in the English Civil War /\ Susan Wiseman.
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1998.
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Page. NO
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xviii, 297 pages ;; 23 cm
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ISBN
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0521032458
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: 0521472210
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: 9780521032452
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: 9780521472210
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-289) and index.
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Contents
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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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Abstract
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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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Subject
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Englisch, ...
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English drama-- 17th century-- History and criticism.
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Literary form-- History-- 17th century.
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Political plays, English-- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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Theater-- Political aspects-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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Drama
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English drama-- 17th century-- History and criticism.
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English drama.
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Literary form.
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Literary form.
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Political plays, English.
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Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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Politics and literature.
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Politique et littérature-- Angleterre (GB)-- 17e siècle.
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Theater
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Theater-- Political aspects.
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Théâtre anglais-- 17e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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War and literature.
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Engels.
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Engelse Burgeroorlog.
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Politiek.
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Subject
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Toneel.
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Great Britain, History, Civil War, 1642-1649, Literature and the war.
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Great Britain, History, Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660, Literature and the revolution.
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Englisch.
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Great Britain, History, Civil War, 1642-1649, Literature and the war.
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Great Britain, History, Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660, Literature and the revolution.
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Great Britain.
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Subject
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Großbritannien
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Dewey Classification
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822/.409358
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LC Classification
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PR680.W57 1998
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NLM classification
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18.05bcl
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AP 64930rvk
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HI 1193rvk
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HK 1241rvk
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