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" I hope I don't intrude : "
David Vincent
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BL
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624057
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| Main Entry
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Vincent, David,1949-
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I hope I don't intrude : : privacy and its dilemmas in nineteenth-century Britain /\ David Vincent
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First edition
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xii, 354 pages :: black & white illustrations;; 24 cm
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9780198725039
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: 0198725035
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-347) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Enter Pry -- The general truth of the delineation -- The performance of Paul Pry -- The moderate C. -- The Paul Pry industry -- The dynamics of the market -- The dilemmas of privacy -- The spirit of inquiry -- Intrusion -- Virtual privacy -- Conclusion -- Comedy and error
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"'I Hope I Don't Intrude' takes its title from the catch-phrase of the eponymous hero of the 1825 play Paul Pry, which was an immense success on the London stage and then rapidly in New York and around the English-speaking world. It tackles the complex, multi-faceted subject of privacy in nineteenth-century Britain by examining the way in which the tropes, language, and imagery of the play entered public discourse about privacy in the rest of the century. The volume is not just an account of a play, or of late Georgian and Victorian theatre. Rather it is a history of privacy, showing how the play resonated through Victorian society and revealed its concerns over personal and state secrecy, celebrity, gossip and scandal, postal espionage, virtual privacy, the idea of intimacy, and the evolution of public and private spheres." -- Publisher's website
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Poole, John,1786?-1872., Paul Pry
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English drama-- 19th century-- History and criticism
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Privacy-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century
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Privacy in literature
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940.2
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PR5189.P3Z5 2015
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