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Jane Austen and the Theatre

Autor Penny Gay
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 mar 2006
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521024846
ISBN-10: 0521024846
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 7 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 151 x 230 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Jane Austen and the theatre; 2. Sense and Sensibility: comic and tragic drama; 3. Northanger Abbey: Catherine's adventures in the Gothic theatre; 4. Pride and Prejudice: the comedienne and heroine; 5: Mansfield Park: Fanny's education in the theatre; 6. Emma: private theatricals in Highbury; 7. Persuasion and melodrama; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

'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

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Descriere

Penny Gay describes for the first time the rich theatrical context of Austen's writing.