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| 100 | 1 | _aMarshall, Louise H. | |
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_aNational myth and imperial fantasy : representations of British identity on the early eighteenth-century stage / _cLouise H. Marshall. |
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_aBasingstoke ; _aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2008. |
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_avii, 223 p. ; _c23 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-219) and index. | ||
| 505 | _aIntroduction: Dramatising Britain - Nation, Fantasy and the London Stage, 1719-1745 Historicising identities and staging the nation's histories Instability and fantasy: the politics of theatre Prohibiting the nation's commentator 1 Ancient Britons and Liberty The nation's ancient liberty National identity Parliament as the protector of liberty 2 Kings, Ministers and Favourites: the National Myth in Peril Favouritism and patriotism The favourite and the sovereign Representations of Walpole in The Fall of Mortimer (1731) and The Fall of the Earl of Essex (1731) The fall of the favourite 3 Shakespeare, the National Scaffold Jacobite incursions and dramatic interventions Homogenising a nation of difference Patriot women, validating the myth Shakespearean patriot heroines as idealised Britons 4 Britain, Empire and Julius Caesar Julius Caesar rewritten Caesar and the patriot fantasy Rewriting patriotism: a model for British colonialism? Protestant Britain: ..ng colonial fantasy 5 Turks, Christians and Imperial Fantasy Rewriting the demon Turk Liberty and consent How to govern an empire: Briton tum'd Turk? Turk turn'd Christian: authorising Protestant colonialism Penitent Turks/libidinous Christians Conclusion: History, Fantasy and the Staging of Britishness Histories of Britishness Staging Britishness Modern fantasies | ||
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_aEnglish drama _xHistory and criticism. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aColonies in literature. | |
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_aLiterature and society _zGreat Britain _xHistory |
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_aPolitics and literature _zGreat Britain _xHistory |
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_aGreat Britain _xIn literature. |
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