'this is an accurate, even moving, and deeply productive vision of Godwin ... Published together, The Plays of William Godwin and William Godwin and the Theatre ... are epoch-making.' The Wordsworth Circle

William Godwin is one of the most important figures of the Romantic period. He wrote four plays at the end of the 18th/beginning of the 19th centuries. This book has two main objectives: to provide the first comprehensive discussion of these four plays, and to consider the notion of theatricality in relation to Godwin’s political project.
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William Godwin is one of the most important figures of the Romantic period. He wrote four plays at the end of the 18th/beginning of the 19th centuries. This book has two main objectives: to provide the first comprehensive discussion of these four plays, and to consider the notion of theatricality in relation to Godwin’s political project.
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Introduction: ‘A Head Full of Plays and Novels’; Chapter 1 Godwin and London’s Theatrical World; Chapter 2 ‘The Link Between the Literary Class of Mankind and the Uninstructed’: St Dunstan and Caleb Williams; Chapter 3 ‘Applause Hitherto Would Be Impertinent’: Spectacle and Anti-spectacle in Antonio and St Leon; Chapter 4 Conversation and Spectacle in Abbas, Faulkener and Fleetwood; conclusion Conclusion;
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ISBN
9781848930490
Publisert
2010-08-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
UP, 05
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224