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The Making of Victorian Drama Hardback - 1991

by Anthony Jenkins

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In this book Anthony Jenkins examines seven Victorian playwrights who, despite their own ideals and prejudices and the theatre's conservatism, tried to come to terms with such momentous subjects as womanliness, honour and money. The opening chapter briefly describes the social transformation of theatre during the century and the increasing respectability of actors and playhouses. Subsequent chapters deal with the drama of Edward Bulwer, Tom Robertson, W. S. Gilbert, H. A. Jones, Arthur Pinero, Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw. Each of these dramatists sought to create a theatre of ideas according to his own vision of art and society. The plays are examined within the social and political context of the Reform Bill, the Revolution of 1848, the Great Exhibition, royal patronage, censorship and copyright, and, above all, the 'Woman Question'. Jenkins combines politics and theatrical history with literary criticism to shed provocative light on the struggle to relate the London theatre to the realities of Victorian England.

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In this book, Anthony Jenkins examines seven Victorian playwrights who, despite their own ideals and prejudices and the theatre's conservatism, tried to come to terms with such momentous subjects as womanliness, honour, and money.

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  • Title The Making of Victorian Drama
  • Author Anthony Jenkins
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 316
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Publication date 1991-06-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780521402057 / 0521402050
  • Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.29 x 6.19 x 0.9 in (23.60 x 15.72 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Plays / Drama
  • Library of Congress subjects Literature and society - Great Britain -, Social problems in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 90002687
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.809
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 301 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Machine derived contents note: 1. Breaking through the darkness -- Victorian theatre -- 2. The grandeur of Nature Edward Bulwer -- 3. Domestic and commonplace Tom Robertson -- 4. Critics of the hearth W.S. Gilbert -- 5. Terrible leanings towards respectability Henry Arthur Jones -- 6. Shades of goodness Arthur Wing Pinero -- 7. A middle-class education Oscar Wilde -- 8. Vigilant open-mindedness Bernard Shaw -- Notes -- Index. Subjects; English drama 19th century History and criticism. Literature and society Great Britain History 19th century. Theater Great Britain History 19th century. Social problems in literature. English drama.
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