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David Garrick and the Mediation of Celebrity

de Leslie Ritchie ...

What happens when an actor owns shares in the stage on which he performs and the newspapers that review his performances? Celebrity that lasts over 240 years. From 1741, David Garrick dominated the London theatre world as the progenitor of a new 'natural' style of acting. From 1747 to 1776, he was a part-owner and manager of Drury Lane, controlling most aspects of the theatre's life. In a ... Leer más

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What happens when an actor owns shares in the stage on which he performs and the newspapers that review his performances? Celebrity that lasts over 240 years. From 1741, David Garrick dominated the London theatre world as the progenitor of a new 'natural' style of acting. From 1747 to 1776, he was a part-owner and manager of Drury Lane, controlling most aspects of the theatre's life. In a
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Women Writing Music in Late Eighteenth-Century England

Social Harmony in Literature and Performance

de Leslie Ritchie ...

Series series Performance in the Long Eighteenth Century: Studies in Theatre, Music, Dance
Combining new musicology trends, formal musical analysis, and literary feminist recovery work, Leslie Ritchie examines rare poetic, didactic, fictional, and musical texts written by women in late eighteenth-century Britain. She finds instances of and resistance to contemporary perceptions of music as a form of social control in works by Maria Barth mon, Harriett Abrams, Mary Worgan, Susanna Rowson ... Leer más

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Combining new musicology trends, formal musical analysis, and literary feminist recovery work, Leslie Ritchie examines rare poetic, didactic, fictional, and musical texts written by women in late eighteenth-century Britain. She finds instances of and resistance to contemporary perceptions of music as a form of social control in works by Maria Barth mon, Harriett Abrams, Mary Worgan, Susanna Rowson
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Women and Music in the Age of Austen

de Pierre DuBois, Kelly M. McDonald, Danielle Grover, Penelope Cave, Simon Fleming, Alison C. DeSimone, Jane Girdham, Leslie Ritchie, Jeffrey A. Nigro, Ruth Perry, Devon R. Nelson, Gayle Magee, Juliette Wells ...

Series series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850
Women and Music in the Age of Austen highlights the central role women played in musical performance, composition, reception, and representation, and analyzes its formative and lasting effect on Georgian culture. This interdisciplinary collection of essays from musicology, literary studies, and gender studies challenges the conventional historical categories that marginalize women’s experience ... Leer más

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Women and Music in the Age of Austen highlights the central role women played in musical performance, composition, reception, and representation, and analyzes its formative and lasting effect on Georgian culture. This interdisciplinary collection of essays from musicology, literary studies, and gender studies challenges the conventional historical categories that marginalize women’s experience
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English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800

de Heather Ladd, Leslie Ritchie, Máire MacNeill, Chelsea Phillips, Nevena Martinovic, Michael Burden, Fiona Ritchie, Seth Wilson, Elaine McGirr0, Amanda Weldy Boyd1, Danielle Bobker2 ...

Series series Performing Celebrity
The essays in English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 explore the theatrical anecdote’s role in the construction of stage fame in England’s emergent celebrity culture during the long eighteenth century, as well as the challenges of employing such anecdotes in theatre scholarship today. This collection showcases scholarship that complicates the theatrical anecdote and shows its many sides and ... Leer más

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The essays in English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 explore the theatrical anecdote’s role in the construction of stage fame in England’s emergent celebrity culture during the long eighteenth century, as well as the challenges of employing such anecdotes in theatre scholarship today. This collection showcases scholarship that complicates the theatrical anecdote and shows its many sides and
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Manuel de psychiatrie

de Julien-Daniel Guelfi, Frédéric Rouillon, Marie-Christine Baylé, Philippe Amiel, André Galinowski, Michel Lejoyeux, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, David Gourion, Michel Goudemand, François Ducrocq, Christian Derouesné, Bernard Cordier, Maurice Bensoussan, Baptiste Moutaud, Anne Andronikof, Jean Adès, Sophie Prébois, Philippe Jeammet, Pierre Thomas, Jean-Louis Terra, Nicolas Ramoz, Marie-Laure Paillère Martinot, Anne Lovell, Louis Jehel, Philip Gorwood, Bruno Falissard, Maurice Corcos, Jean-Pierre CLEMENT, Vassilis Kapsambelis, Renaud DAVID, Thomas Charpeaud, Delphine Capdevielle, Alain Braconnier, Marc-Louis Bourgeois, Damien Léger, Xavier Laqueille, Isabelle Amado, Florence Pupier, Annie Ruat-Ferreri, Christophe ANDRÉ, Samuel Sarrazin, Éric Artiges, Marion Plaze, Alice Poisson, Bruno Aouizerate, Michel Walter, patrick le bihan, Michel Benoit, Alexandra Dereux, Michel Reynaud, Leslie Radon, Isabelle Roy, Abdelkrim Ziad, Florian Ferreri, Aurélie Docteur, Christina Rogan, Silla M. Consoli, Oussama Kebir, Thérèse M Jay, Hélène Verdoux, Sofian Berrouiguet, Filip de Fruyt, Nadia Younes, Bernard Gueguen, Brigitte Metadieu, Maria Melchior, Gilles Martinez, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Éric Burguière, Carol JONAS, Denis Leguay, Thomas Fovet, Alain Mercuel, Djéa Saravane, Mathias Wohl, Jean Daléry, Patrick Edery, Marc Ansseau, Dervaux, Stéphanie Mana, François Petitjean, Jean-Louis Senon, Jean-François Allilaire, Pierre Angel, David Duroy, Franck Bellivier, Philippe Birmes, Philippe Courtet, Nicolas FRANCK, Magali Coldefy, Philippe-Henri Robert, Christine Chan-Chee, Elisabeth Giraud-Baro, Antoine Pelissolo, Nathalie Godart, Claire Lamas, Lionel Waintraub, Dominique Villebrun, Patrick Fontan, Jean-Michel Thurin, Lucia Romo, Zoé Logak, Catherine Jousselme, Gabrielle Scantamburlo, Caroline Demily, Damien Sanlaville, Aude Caria, David Cohen, Julie Brunelle, Jean-Philippe Boulenger, Élie Péneau, Jean-Pierre Rolland, Marie-France Poirier, Jean-Charles PASCAL, Yann Le Strat, Stéphane Mouchabac, Christine MIRABEL SARRON, Lama Mattar, Jean-Luc Martinot, Martin D. Provencher, Gilles Vidon, Caroline Dubertret, Michel Bénézech, Michel Bourin, Angèle Consoli, Jean-Christophe DAVID, Yves Edel, Marie Rose Moro, Ivan-Druon Note, Charles-Bernard Pull, Martine Bouvard, François Caroli, Joseph Benyaya, Charly Cungi, Jeanne Duclos, Nebal Al Anbar, Christine Foulon, Luc Mallet, Guillaume Vaiva, Dominique Servant, Bruno Millet, Daniel Marcelli, Cédric Lemogne, Michel Le Moal, Aurélie Bourguignon, Patrick Hardy, Christian Gay, Anne-Marie Dubois, Roland Dardennes, Benjamin Calvet, Guy Darcourt, Sylvie Angel, Mathieu Duprez, Ludovic Gicquel, Alain Gérard, Marion Garnier, Marie-Odile Krebs, Jean-Marie Danion, Jean Xavier, Marie-Noëlle Vacheron, Laurent Schmitt, Karen Ritchie, Fanny Lévy, Diane Purper-Ouakil, William Pitchot, Jacques Postel, Jean-Pierre Olié, Gwénolé Loas, Frédéric Limosin ...

Cette 3e édition du Manuel de psychiatrie offre aux étudiants en médecine, aux psychiatres en formation ainsi qu'à l'ensemble des spécialistes des sciences humaines une exhaustivité sans dogmatisme de la discipline. Cet ouvrage de référence a vu son volume augmenter avec de nombreuses mises à jour concernant des aspects de la psychiatrie qui ont fait l'objet d'avancées récentes, notamment : - l ... Leer más

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Cette 3e édition du Manuel de psychiatrie offre aux étudiants en médecine, aux psychiatres en formation ainsi qu'à l'ensemble des spécialistes des sciences humaines une exhaustivité sans dogmatisme de la discipline. Cet ouvrage de référence a vu son volume augmenter avec de nombreuses mises à jour concernant des aspects de la psychiatrie qui ont fait l'objet d'avancées récentes, notamment : - l
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The Social Life of Books

Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home

de Abigail Williams ...

Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
"A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books."—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book ReviewTwo centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which ... Leer más

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"A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books."—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book ReviewTwo centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which
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Folk Song in England

de Steve Roud ...

In Victorian times, England was famously dubbed the land without music - but one of the great musical discoveries of the early twentieth century was that England had a vital heritage of folk song and music which was easily good enough to stand comparison with those of other parts of Britain and overseas. Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Grainger, and a number of other enthusiasts ... Leer más

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In Victorian times, England was famously dubbed the land without music - but one of the great musical discoveries of the early twentieth century was that England had a vital heritage of folk song and music which was easily good enough to stand comparison with those of other parts of Britain and overseas. Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Grainger, and a number of other enthusiasts
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Cruelty & Laughter

Forgotten Comic Literature and the Unsentimental Eighteenth Century

de Simon Dickie ...

Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental—the creation of an emerging middle class. Simon Dickie disputes these assumptions in Cruelty and Laughter, a wildly enjoyable but shocking plunge into the forgotten comic literature of the age. Beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility, Dickie uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor that forces us to recognize just how ... Leer más

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Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental—the creation of an emerging middle class. Simon Dickie disputes these assumptions in Cruelty and Laughter, a wildly enjoyable but shocking plunge into the forgotten comic literature of the age. Beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility, Dickie uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor that forces us to recognize just how
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The Cambridge Companion to the Eighteenth-Century Novel

Edición de John Richetti ...

Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
In the past twenty years our understanding of the novel's emergence in eighteenth-century Britain has drastically changed. Drawing on new research in social and political history, the twelve contributors to this Companion challenge and refine the traditional view of the novel's origins and purposes. In various ways each seeks to show that the novel is not defined primarily by its realism of ... Leer más

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In the past twenty years our understanding of the novel's emergence in eighteenth-century Britain has drastically changed. Drawing on new research in social and political history, the twelve contributors to this Companion challenge and refine the traditional view of the novel's origins and purposes. In various ways each seeks to show that the novel is not defined primarily by its realism of
... Leer más
Reading 1759

Literary Culture in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain and France

Edición de Shaun Regan ...

Series series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650–1850
Reading 1759 investigates the literary culture of a remarkable year in British and French history, writing, and ideas. Familiar to many as the British “year of victories” during the Seven Years’ War, 1759 was also an important year in the histories of fiction, philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics. Reading 1759 is the first book to examine together the range of works written and published during this ... Leer más

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Reading 1759 investigates the literary culture of a remarkable year in British and French history, writing, and ideas. Familiar to many as the British “year of victories” during the Seven Years’ War, 1759 was also an important year in the histories of fiction, philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics. Reading 1759 is the first book to examine together the range of works written and published during this
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The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry

de Linda K. Hughes ...

Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Victorian poetry was read and enjoyed by a much larger audience than is sometimes thought. Publication in widely-circulating periodicals, reprinting in book reviews, and excerpting in novels and essays ensured that major poets such as Tennyson, Browning, Hardy and Rossetti were household names, and they remain popular today. The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry provides an accessible ... Leer más

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Victorian poetry was read and enjoyed by a much larger audience than is sometimes thought. Publication in widely-circulating periodicals, reprinting in book reviews, and excerpting in novels and essays ensured that major poets such as Tennyson, Browning, Hardy and Rossetti were household names, and they remain popular today. The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry provides an accessible
... Leer más
The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn

Edición de Derek Hughes, Janet Todd ...

Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in ... Leer más

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Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in
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