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Item Details
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DEEP PLAY
JOHN GAY AND THE INVENTION OF MODERNITY |
| By: |
Dianne Dugaw |
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Hardback |
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£43.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0874137314 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780874137316 |
| Publisher: |
ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITY PRESSES |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2000 |
| Pages: |
328 |
| Description: |
Examines the emergence of modern self- and social-consciousness in the works of the eighteenth-century playwright |
| Synopsis: |
"Deep Play" examines the emergence of modern self- and social-consciousness in eighteenth-century Britain as an awareness of class and culture. It examines popular ballads and songs, country dances, catches, mumming plays, beliefs and sayings, fables, stories, and legends as these plebeian cultural materials are brought by Gay to comment on "polite" opera, drama, and literature. Illustrated. |
| Illustrations: |
Ill. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Delaware Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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