Gentility and the comic theatre of late stuart london
Auteur :
Dawson, Mark S.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521848091
Date de publication :
17 juin 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
640 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The book examines what it meant to be a member of the English social elite, the gentry, during the early modern era. It does so by asking how gentility was portrayed through plays at London's theatres (1660–1725). Mark Dawson revises several of social history's conclusions about the gentry.