Romantic tragedies : the dark employments of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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x, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Casper College Library - Main Collection | PR719 .V4 P37 2011 | On Shelf |
Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Dramatic works.
English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
English drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Romanticism -- Great Britain.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, -- 1792-1822 -- Dramatic works.
Verse drama, English -- History and criticism.
Wordsworth, William, -- 1770-1850 -- Dramatic works.
English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
English drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Romanticism -- Great Britain.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, -- 1792-1822 -- Dramatic works.
Verse drama, English -- History and criticism.
Wordsworth, William, -- 1770-1850 -- Dramatic works.
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Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Book
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-295) and index.
Summary
"Troubled politically and personally, Wordsworth and Coleridge turned in 1797 to the London stage. Their tragedies, The Borderers and Osorio, were set in medieval Britain and early modern Spain to avoid the Lord Chamberlain's censorship. Drury Lane rejected both, but fifteen years later, Coleridge's revision, Remorse, had spectacular success there, inspiring Shelley's 1819 Roman tragedy, The Cenci, aimed for Covent Garden. Reeve Parker makes a striking case for the power of these intertwined works, written against British hostility to French republican liberties and Regency repression of home-grown agitation. Covertly, Remorse and The Cenci also turn against Wordsworth. Stressing the significance of subtly repeated imagery and resonances with Virgil, Shakespeare, Racine, Jean-Fran?cois Ducis and Schiller, Parker's close readings, which are boldly imaginative and decidedly untoward, argue that at the heart of these tragedies lie powerful dramatic uncertainties driven by unstable passions - what he calls, adapting Coleridge's phrase for sorcery, 'dark employments'"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Parker, R. (2011). Romantic tragedies: the dark employments of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley . Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Parker, Reeve. 2011. Romantic Tragedies: The Dark Employments of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley. Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Parker, Reeve. Romantic Tragedies: The Dark Employments of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley Cambridge University Press, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Parker, Reeve. Romantic Tragedies: The Dark Employments of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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