عنوان

Dramatic histories and party politics, 1719-1745

شماره

TLets443149

عنوان اصلي

Dramatic histories and party politics, 1719-1745

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Marshall, Louise

نام ساير پديدآوران

Kewes, Paulina ; Prescott, SarahMarshall, LouiseKewes, Paulina ; Prescott, Sarah

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Aberystwyth University

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2003

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Thesis (Ph.D.)

امتياز متن

2003

متن يادداشت

Early eighteenth-century politics were dominated by the rise to power and fall from grace of Sir Robert Walpole. This thesis examines varied responses to the Walpole regime from opposition Whig, Tory, Jacobite and pro-government writers. The discussion focuses on history plays from the period 1719-1745 and considers the role of these texts as vehicles for political comment and propaganda. Of key concern throughout the thesis is the rhetoric of patriotism. Patriot ideology pervades the texts and crosses conventional party boundaries. Alongside patriotism other themes pertinent to political commentary of the period are discussed. In chapter one, 'Ancient Britons and Liberty' texts appropriating Saxon and Celtic history are discussed in relation to contemporary concerns for maintaining the political liberty of the British nation. In chapter two, 'Kings, Ministers, Favourites and Patriot Rhetoric' plays that focus on favouritism are examined alongside contemporary criticism of Walpole as 'favourite' of the Hanoverians. In chapter three, 'Gender and Party Politics in Adaptations of Shakespeare's Histories' the updating of Shakespeare to suit contemporary taste and the impact of these alterations are reflected in a repoliticisation of the plays for party agendas. In chapter four, 'Britain, Empire and Julius Cæsar' representations of Cæsar that suggest positive interpretations of the Emperor conflict with contemporary opinion regarding his contribution to the fall of the Roman republic. Implications for Britain's own colonial endeavour are also considered in chapter five, 'Religion and the Ideology of Empire in Turkish History Plays'. This chapter examines plays in which the Scanderbeg history is appropriated to offer a model of British colonialism. Reflecting on Britain's past glories or, past failings, the plays discussed in this thesis offer not only comment on contemporary politics but also representations of an idealised Britishness. By demonstrating what Britons had once been these texts suggest what modem Britons should be.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Aberystwyth University

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kewes, Paulina ; Prescott, Sarah

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Aberystwyth University

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y