British Enlightenment theatre : dramatizing difference / Bridget Orr.

"In this ground-breaking work, Bridget Orr shows that popular eighteenth-century theatre was about much more than fashion, manners and party politics. Using the theatre as a means of circulating and publicizing radical Enlightenment ideas, many plays made passionate arguments for religious and cultu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orr, Bridget (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Theater > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English drama > 18th century > History and criticism.
Enlightenment > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
English drama.
Enlightenment.
Intellectual life.
Theater.
Great Britain.
Aufklärung.
Drama.
Englisch.
Freimaurerei.
1700-1799
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : dramatizing enlightenment
  • Addison, Steele and enlightened sentiment
  • Fair captives and spiritual dragooning : Islam and toleration on stage
  • The black legend, noble savagery and indigenous voice
  • The Masonic invention of domestic tragedy
  • Local savagery : the enlightenment countryside on stage.