Dramatic character in the English Romantic age / Joseph W. Donohue, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donohue, Joseph W., Jr. (Joseph Walter), 1935- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--18th century--History and criticism.

English drama.

Romanticism--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Romanticism.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1970.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This was the age of the star. For the first time in the history of the theater, the playwright took second place to the actor; the interpretation of the role assumed primary importance in a assessing a performance. It was Mr. Kean's Hamlet first, and Mr. Shakespeare's second.What effects did this highly subjective, interpretive emphasis have on the drama? Where did it originate and how did it evolve? These questions are considered at length in the author's analysis of the nature of Romanticism itself as revealed in essays, novels, criticism, and by the actors themselves. The Jacobean origins of this revolutionary period are reviewed, followed by a close scrutiny of the critical writing of such contemporary thinkers as Hazlitt, Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats. This entirely new concept provides an important link between the practical theater and the contemporary philosophical thought of the time.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations and Citations

Introduction

PART I. Dramatic Character and Romantic Drama

CHAPTER I. The Affective Drama of Situation

CHAPTER II. The Persistence of the Fletcherian Mode

CHAPTER III. Affective Drama and the Moment of Response

CHAPTER IV. Romantic Heroism and Its Milieu

PART II. Tradition and Innovation in Characters and Plays

CHAPTER V. The West Indian: Cumberland, Goldsmith, and the Uses of Comedy

CHAPTER VI. Sheridan's Pizarro: Natural Religion and the Artificial Hero

CHAPTER VII. The Cenci: The Drama of Radical Innocence

PART III. Shakespearean Character in the Romantic Age

CHAPTER VIII. Macbeth and Richard III: Dramatic Character and the Shakespearean Critical Tradition

CHAPTER IX. Garrick's Shakespeare and Subjective Dramatic Character

CHAPTER X. Shakespearean Character on the Early Romantic Stage

CHAPTER XI. Coleridge, Lamb, and the Theater of the Mind

CHAPTER XII. Hazlitt, Kean, and the Lofty Platform of Imagination

Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-691-64755-0

1-4008-7302-9

OCLC:

905863560