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Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Ser.: Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London by Gillian Russell (2010, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521147743

ISBN-139780521147743

eBay Product ID (ePID)102808695

Product Key Features

Number of Pages310 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWomen, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London

SubjectTheater / History & Criticism, Fashion & Accessories, Women's Studies, Customs & Traditions, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorGillian Russell

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Design, Performing Arts, Social Science

SeriesCambridge Studies in Romanticism Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews'This is a book that links cultural history, theatre history, and gender to expand our understanding of each and to shed new light on the period as a whole.' The Journal of Theatre Survey, 'Russell succeeds well in presenting a very densely peopled world where a wide variety of women, from duchesses to Bluestockings to actresses have seized center stage. Throughout, there is an impressive range of reference to modern scholars and, above all the newspapers, magazines, engravings, and cartoons of the period.' Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 70

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal305.420942109033

Table Of ContentList of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Circle of Soho: Teresa Cornelys and Carlisle House; 3. Harmonic routs and midnight revels: the politics of masquerade; 4. 'Dissipation's hydra reign': Almack's and the Coterie; 5. 'Welcome to the Pleasure Dome': the London Pantheon; 6. Lady Bab and Mrs Ab: the woman of fashion and the theatre; 7. 'Alias, alias, alias': the trials of the Duchess of Kingston; 8. 'Lady Teazle's occupation's o'er'; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisA highly-illustrated and original contribution to the cultural history of sociability in the eighteenth century., Mid-eighteenth-century London witnessed a major expansion in public culture as a result of a rapidly commercialising society. Of the many sites of entertainment, the most celebrated (and often notorious) were the Carlisle House club, the Pantheon, and the Ladies Club or Coterie. In this major study of these institutions and the fashionable sociability they epitomised, Gillian Russell examines how they transformed metropolitan cultural life. Associated with lavish masquerades, excesses of fashion, such as elaborate hairstyles, and scandalous intrigues, these venues suggested a feminisation of public life which was profoundly threatening, not least to the theatre of the period. In this highly illustrated and original contribution to the cultural history of the eighteenth century, Russell reveals fresh perspectives on the theatre and on canonical plays such as The School for Scandal, as well as suggesting a prehistory for British Romanticism., In this highly illustrated and original contribution to the cultural history of the eighteenth century, Russell reveals the influence of places and modes of sociability on the theatre and on canonical plays such as The School for Scandal, as well as suggesting a prehistory for British Romanticism.

LC Classification NumberHQ1600.L6R87 2010