Sisters of Gore ed. by J. Franceschina |
| Descrizione ISBD:
*Sisters of Gore : gothic melodramas by british women / edited by John Franceschina. - New York ; London : Routledge, 2000. - IX, 466 p. : ill. ; 22 cm ISBN: 0415928974 CODICE SBN AQ10060885 |
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publication of these popular 18th and 19th century plays by Catherine Gore
-- the first female writer of "gentlemanly melodrama" -- and her contemporaries
is a cause for celebration for all enthusiasts of theatre. Lost to both
a reading and theatrical audience for at least a hundred years, the plays
collected in Sisters of Gore span the development of Gothic melodrama from
the 1790s to the 1840s. John Franceschina examines the background of the
theatre which nurtured the genre and offers insight into how melodrama
should be both analyzed and performed. From Jane Scott's popular The Old
Oak Chest and Elizabeth Polack's St. Clair of the Isles to Gore's Dacre
of the South, readers will relish the variety of works in this important
collection as significant examples of 19th century popular culture, as
hidden documents in the history of women, and as compelling, fascinating
theatre. (Synopsis by WalMart)
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| L'autore: John Franceschina |