Re-Viewing Thomas Holcroft, 1745-1809 - Essays on His Works and Life

List of contents

Introduction, Miriam L. Wallace, A. A. Markley; Part 1 Becoming a Man of Letters; Chapter 1 Developmental Stages, Rick Incorvati; Chapter 2 Holcroft and The Art of Sinking in Poetry, Anne Chandler; Chapter 3 Holcroft’s Translations of the 1780s and Isabelle de Montolieu’s Caroline de Lichtfield, Miriam L. Wallace; Part 2 Reform on the Stage; Chapter 4 Rewriting Shylock, Jeremy W. Webster; Chapter 5 “Perfectly harmless and secure”?, Philip Cox; Chapter 6 Illustrating Thomas Holcroft’s A Tale of Mystery as Physiognomical Tableaux Vivant, Diane Long Hoeveler; Part 3 Reform in the Novel; Chapter 7 Language and Landscape in Thomas Holcroft’s Anna St. Ives, Ian Newman; Chapter 8 Examining Jacobin Sexual Politics in Anna St. Ives, Hilary N. Fezzey; Chapter 9 Contradictory Strictures, Jonathan Sachs; Part 4 Re-Viewing the Life; Chapter 10 Thomas Holcroft and Reviewing Traditions, Antonia Forster; Chapter 11 Transforming Experience into Reform in Holcroft’s Memoirs and Literary Works, A. A. Markley; Chapter 12 Politics for the People, W. M. Verhoeven;

Product details

• Authors: A.A. Markley
• Assisted by: Miriam L. Wallace (Editor), Wallace Miriam L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138115750
• ISBN: 978-1-138-11575-0
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800