{"product_id":"seven-gothic-dramas-1789-1825-paperback-softback-9780821410653","title":"Seven Gothic Dramas, 1789–1825 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780821410653","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSeven Gothic Dramas, 1789–1825\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey N. Cox (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780821410653\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e425 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Good texts, notes, and a meaty introduction constitutes this 'must-have' item for students of British drama and literary gothicism, in whose development drama was important. Cox's command of the bibliography relevant to his subject is impressive, and his book will stand as a milestone of content, good scholarship, and clear style.\" (Choice) \"Professor Cox explores the full spectrum of the Gothic drama of revolt—political, social, and metaphysical. This volume acquaints us with that world of grand and mysterious intrigue and unravels the tangled threads of accepted, conventional and dogmatic histories of the theater.\" (The Byron Journal)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gothic drama came at a critical moment in the history of the theater, of British culture, and of European politics in the shadow of France's revolution and the fall of Napoleon. It offered playwrights a medium to express the prevailing ideological tensions of romanticism and revolution, and also responded to a growing and changing theater audience.\u003cbr\u003e In a wide-ranging introduction, Cox explores Gothic drama's links with romanticism and its relation to other social and ideological shifts of the day. The texts are presented so as to reflect the dual life of dramatic works—on the stage and on the page. The plays are annotated and accompanied by biographic and bibliographic sketches.\u003cbr\u003e Includes \u003ci\u003eThe Kentish Barons\u003c\/i\u003e, by Francis North; \u003ci\u003eJulia of Louvain; or, Monkish Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e, by J.C. Cross; \u003ci\u003eThe Castle Spectre\u003c\/i\u003e, by Matthew G. Lewis; \u003ci\u003eThe Captive\u003c\/i\u003e, by Matthew G. Lewis; \u003ci\u003eDe Monfort\u003c\/i\u003e, by Joanna Baillie; \u003ci\u003eBertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand\u003c\/i\u003e, by C.R. Maturin; and \u003ci\u003ePresumption; or, The Fate of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, by R.B. Peake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523183603992,"sku":"9780821410653","price":25.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/seven-gothic-dramas-1789-1825-paperback-softback-9780821410653","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}