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Closet performances : political exhibition and prohibition in the dramas of Byron and Shelley /

Detailed discussion of individual plays - Manfred, Sardanapalus, Prometheus Unbound, Marino Faliero, Hellas, Cain, Heaven and Earth, The Two Foscari, and The Cenci - is supported by investigations into Romantic criticism of the drama, the dynamics of the reviewing journals, and the philosophical con...

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Main Author: Simpson, Michael, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1998.
Subjects:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824 > Dramatic works.
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824 > Political and social views.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, > 1792-1822 > Political and social views.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, > 1792-1822 > Dramatic works.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English drama > 19th century > History and criticism.
Political plays, English > History and criticism.
Censorship > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Verse drama, English > History and criticism.
Radicalism in literature.
Closet drama, English.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • The Theoretical Management of Theatrical Spectacle
  • 2.
  • The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics
  • 3.
  • The Matter of Political Drama: Manfred, Sardanapalus, Prometheus Unbound, Marino Faliero, Hellas
  • 4.
  • The Economic Comedy of (Self- )Censorship: Cain, Heaven And Earth; Reprise of Sardanapalus, Marino Faliero, Prometheus Unbound
  • 5.
  • Secrets of the Closet: The Private Mind and Public Body: The Two Foscari, The Cenci
  • Envoi: Across the Stage of Europe.

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