| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; The Making of British Bourgeois Tragedy: Modernity and the Art of Ordinary Suffering; Copyright; dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Illustrations; An Introduction to Bourgeois Tragedy: Or, "Silently and Smoothly Thro' the World"; 1: The Bourgeois Revaluation of Tragedy: Dignity and the Ordinary in George Lillo's London; 2: Close to Home: The Uncanny of Georgian Domestic Tragedy; 3: A Fine Subject for Tragedy: Providence, Poetic Justice, and Clarissa's Real Affliction; 4: Prosaic Suffering: Edward Moore, Diderot, and the Natural Picture of Drama |
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5: Tragic Sensibilities: Sentimental Fiction and the Serious GenreConclusion: Modern Tragedy and Ordinary Suffering; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A study of eighteenth-century dramatic and narrative tragedies that explores the relation between personal misfortune and the emerging values that would define the everyday experience of the middle class. The volume discusses the work of George Lillo, Samuel Richardson, Aaron Hill, and Sarah Fielding, among others |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on May 13, 2020) |
| Subject |
English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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English drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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Middle class in literature.
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English drama
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English drama (Tragedy)
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Middle class in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192585752 |
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0192585754 |
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9780192585769 |
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0192585762 |
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9780191881657 |
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0191881651 |
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