عنوان

I hope I don't intrude :

(Number (ISBN

0198725035

(Number (ISBN

9780198725039

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Title Proper

I hope I don't intrude :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

privacy and its dilemmas in nineteenth-century Britain /

First Statement of Responsibility

David Vincent

Edition Statement

First edition

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 354 pages :

Other Physical Details

black & white illustrations;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-347) and index

Text of Note

Introduction -- Enter Pry -- The general truth of the delineation -- The performance of Paul Pry -- The moderate C. -- The Paul Pry industry -- The dynamics of the market -- The dilemmas of privacy -- The spirit of inquiry -- Intrusion -- Virtual privacy -- Conclusion -- Comedy and error

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Text of Note

"'I Hope I Don't Intrude' takes its title from the catch-phrase of the eponymous hero of the 1825 play Paul Pry, which was an immense success on the London stage and then rapidly in New York and around the English-speaking world. It tackles the complex, multi-faceted subject of privacy in nineteenth-century Britain by examining the way in which the tropes, language, and imagery of the play entered public discourse about privacy in the rest of the century. The volume is not just an account of a play, or of late Georgian and Victorian theatre. Rather it is a history of privacy, showing how the play resonated through Victorian society and revealed its concerns over personal and state secrecy, celebrity, gossip and scandal, postal espionage, virtual privacy, the idea of intimacy, and the evolution of public and private spheres." -- Publisher's website

Poole, John,1786?-1872., Paul Pry

English drama-- 19th century-- History and criticism

Privacy-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century

Privacy in literature

Number

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Book number

Vincent, David,1949-

Date of Transaction

20150717081319.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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