Jane Austen and the Theatre - Brossura

Gay

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ISBN 10: 0521024846 ISBN 13: 9780521024846

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Jane Austen was fascinated by theatre from her childhood. As an adult she went to the theatre whenever opportunity arose. Scenes in her novels often resemble plays, and recent film and television versions have shown how naturally dramatic her stories are. Yet the myth remains that she was 'anti-theatrical', and readers continue to puzzle about the real significance of the theatricals in Mansfield Park. Penny Gay's book describes for the first time the rich theatrical context of Austen's writing, and the intersections between her novels and contemporary drama. Gay proposes a 'dialogue' in Austen's mature novels with the various genres of eighteenth-century drama - laughing comedy, sentimental comedy and tragedy, Gothic theatre, early melodrama. She re reads the novels in the light of this dialogue to demonstrate Austen's analysis of the pervasive theatricality of the society in which her heroines must perform.

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Recensione:

'A rich and enlightening book. Gay brings the eye of an expert in drama to Austen's work with meticulous good sense and some panache.' Independent on Sunday

Descrizione del libro:

Jane Austen was fascinated by theatre from her childhood. Penny Gay describes for the first time the rich theatrical context of Austen's writing, and the intersections between her novels and contemporary drama, relating Austen's mature novels to the various genres of eighteenth-century drama.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521024846
• ISBN 13: 9780521024846
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 216