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John Ruskin and the Victorian theatre

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	John Ruskin and the Victorian theatreKatherine Newey and Jeffrey Richards.
Author:	Newey, Katherine.
other author:	Richards, Jeffrey.
Published:	Basingstoke ;Palgrave Macmillan,2010.
Description:	x, 257 p. :ill.
Subject:	TheaterHistory19th century.Great Britain
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230276512

John Ruskin and the Victorian theatre
Newey, Katherine.

John Ruskin and the Victorian theatre[electronic resource] /Katherine Newey and Jeffrey Richards. - Basingstoke ;Palgrave Macmillan,2010. - x, 257 p. :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

John Ruskin at the theatre -- Ruskinian influences -- E.W. Godwin and Ruskinian aesthetics --Toga plays -- Melodrama -- Pantomime -- Ruskinian Shakespeare -- Stage beauty.

This is the first book to explore the involvement of John Ruskin, important Victorian thinker, with the popular theatre of his time. Based on original archival research, this book offers a fresh look at the aesthetic and social theories of Ruskin, 'the sage of Brantwood,' and his direct and indirect influence on the commercial theatre of the late nineteenth century. As well as his writings,Ruskin's friendships with major Victorian actors such as Henry Irving, Wilson Barrett, Madge Kendal,and Mary Anderson are explored, casting new light on the importance ofthe theatre in our understanding of Victorian culture. John Ruskin andthe Victorian Theatre also offers original scholarship on the popular genres of pantomime, melodrama, and the 'toga play' by two of the leading scholars in thefield of Victorian theatre history, with an emphasison the popular stage as a meeting place for allthe arts: music, painting, sculpture and performance.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230276512Subjects--Personal Names:

398607
Ruskin, John,
1819-1900--KnowledgeSubjects--Topical Terms:

195659
Theater
--History--Great Britain--19th century.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN2594 / .N49 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 792.0942/09034

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