The theatres of war : performance, politics, and society, 1793-1815 / Gillian Russell
- Bib ID:
- 2346182
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Russell, Gillian
- Description:
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- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
- 211 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0198122632 (acid-free paper) (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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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.
- Full contents:
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- 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'.
- Notes:
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- National Library of Australia's N copy signed and inscribed by the author.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-201) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1995
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