Glorious Causes: The Grand Theatre of Political Change, 1789-1833 [Hardcover]

Julia Swindells (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198187297 | ISBN-13: 978-0198187295 | Publication Date: April 5, 2001

Glorious Causes explores the politics of theatricality and the theatricality of politics in late Georgian Britain, at a time when the British nation can be described as a stage for reform. Political rhetoric during this period was characterized by a rich vocabulary, drawing on theatrical language and forms, from melodrama and tragedy, to comedy and burlesque. Most importantly, activity in the theaters themselves, often dismissed until recently as vulgar or sentimental, was highly charged with political dynamic and controversy, central to the drama of reform.

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Review

Swindells provides thoughtful analyses of several relevant but long-neglected dramas ... Glorious Causes argues persuasively that theatre historians should no longer neglect late Georgian drama as a serious political force. English Studies Social and cultural historians interested in theatre or politics in the age of reform will find much of value in this innovative and readable study. Robert Poole, Social History Society Bulletin

About the Author

Julia Swindells is Director of English Studies, Homerton College, Cambridge

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198187297
• ISBN-13: 978-0198187295
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,761,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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