The World as It Goes
A Comedy
During the Romantic period, Hannah Cowley (1743-1809) achieved fame both as a playwright and a poet, composing popular comedies and, as Anna Matilda, amorous Della Cruscan verse. But despite a recent surge of scholarly interest in her works, her controversial comedy The World as It Goes; or A Party at Montpelier (performed 1781) has never been published. During its premiere, audience members loudly objected to the play's bawdy content, and it closed after a single performance. The comedy's catastrophic failure provides insights into the theatrical tastes, anxieties and mores of late eighteenth-century audiences and influenced the manner in wh…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-83998-050-3
- EAN: 9781839980503
- Produktnummer: 37943103
- Verlag: Anthem Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 250 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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William D. Brewer is professor of English at Appalachian State University, USA, and the author of Staging Romantic Chameleons and Imposters (2015).
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