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National myth and imperial fantasy = representations of British identity on the early eighteenth-century stage /

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
正題名/作者:	National myth and imperial fantasy/ Louise H. Marshall.
其他題名:	representations of British identity on the early eighteenth-century stage /
作者:	Marshall, Louise H.
出版者:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan, : c2008.,
面頁冊數:	vii, 223 p.
標題:	English drama - History and criticism. - 18th century -
標題:	Great Britain -
電子資源:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230584235

National myth and imperial fantasy = representations of British identity on the early eighteenth-century stage /
Marshall, Louise H.

National myth and imperial fantasyrepresentations of British identity on the early eighteenth-century stage /[electronic resource] :Louise H. Marshall. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,c2008. - vii, 223 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Dramatising Britain: Nation, Fantasy and the London Stage, 1719-1745 -- AncientBritons and Liberty -- Kings, Ministers and Favourites, the National Myth in Peril -- Shakespeare, the National Scaffold -- Britain, Empire and Julius Caesar -- Turks, Christians and Imperial Fantasy-- Conclusion: History, Fantasy and the Staging of Britishness -- Bibliography -- Index --.

Although eighteenth-century drama has been dismissed as stylistically homogenous, aesthetically uninteresting, and even politically complacent, National Myth and Imperial Fantasy reveals the intriguing and intricate nature of the period's history plays. As a body of texts, these plays disclose the conflicts and concerns of contemporary political and private lives, creating, for modern readers, a picture of the period's instabilities. Through their often messy dramatisations of the complexities of patriotic rhetoric and national identification, they reflect a world of contrasts, where the shrinking globe gives rise to increasing commercial and imperial possibilities, and where fantasies and mythologies of Britishness vie to construct a cohesive image of the nation as adominant colonial power. Examining representations of the nation's imagined patriotic predecessors and historical enemies, both foreign and domestic, National Myth and Imperial Fantasy offers one of the first close readings of a series of lesser known yet historically vital dramas.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230584235

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230584235doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

211965
English drama
--History and criticism.--18th centurySubjects--Geographical Terms:

81378
Great Britain
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

96803
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR708.I45 / M37 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 822.5093241

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