Restoration drama and the idea of literature / Katherine Mannheimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mannheimer, Katherine, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Restoration, 1660-1700--History and criticism.

English drama.

Authors and readers--England--History--17th century.

Authors and readers.

Theater--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Theater.

Theatrical publishing--England--History--17th century.

Theatrical publishing.

Books and reading--England--History--17th century.

Books and reading.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Canon (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 313 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Of Heirs and Bold Purloiners: Thomas Shadwell's Alternative Models of Literary Inheritance in The Lancashire Witches and The Squire of Alsatia

2. "Can My Imagination Feel?": Reading, Theatricality, and the Mind-Body Problem in Aphra Behn's The Luckey Chance and The Emperor of the Moon

3. Textual Timelessness, Performative Time: Posterity in William Congreve's Love for Love and The Way of the World

4. "Take This Sad Ballad, Which I Bought at Fair": Pastoral Performance and Print Capitalism in John Gay's The What D'Ye Call It and The Beggar's Opera

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 20, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Mannheimer, Katherine. Restoration drama and the idea of literature

ISBN:

9780813950440

0813950449

Publisher Number:

40032069368

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