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The theatres of war : performance, politics, and society, 1793-1815 / Gillian Russell.
Author
Russell, Gillian
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Description
211 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PN2594 .R87 1995
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Subject(s)
Theater
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Great Britain
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History
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19th century
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
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Theater and the war
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Soldiers as actors
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Great Britain
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Sailors as actors
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Great Britain
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Theater audiences
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Great Britain
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Summary note
Based on compelling new research and drawing on recent developments in literary and historical studies, The Theatres of War reveals the importance of the theatre in the shaping of responses to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815). Gillian Russell explores the roles of the army and navy as both actors and audiences, showing that theatricality was crucial to the self-perception of soldiers and sailors fighting on behalf of an often distant domestic audience.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references ( p. [188]-201) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: War and Late Georgian Society
2. Camp Culture: The War of Elites
3. War and Theatre
4. 'The Open Theatre of the World'
5. Riotous Assemblies: the Army and Navy in the Theatre
6. 'Mars and the Muses': the Army and Navy as Actors
7. Littoral Rites: Military Theatre and Empire
8. Conclusion: 'A Strange Metamorphosis'.
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ISBN
0198122632 ((acid-free paper))
9780198122630 ((acid-free paper))
9780191671500 ((ebook))
0191671509 ((ebook))
LCCN
94039992
OCLC
31610224
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