Heroes and States: On the Ideology of Restoration Tragedy

Heroes and States: On the Ideology of Restoration Tragedy

by J.DouglasCanfield (Author)

Synopsis

This work analyzes by subgenre the ways in which Restoration playwrights attempted to reinscribe feudal aristocratic ideology after the English Civil War. It demonstrates, for example, how heroic romance and romantic tragedy reaffirm the older ideology after it was tested in the fires of conflict.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 31 Dec 1999

ISBN 10: 0813121256
ISBN 13: 9780813121253