The Embodiment of Characters: The Representation of Physical Experience on Stage and in Print, 1728-1749

Jones DeRitter

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1994

The Embodiment of Characters

The Representation of Physical Experience on Stage and in Print, 1728-1749

Jones DeRitter

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series New Cultural Studies

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512801774

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About this book

In The Embodiment of Characters, Jones DeRitter examines the widely acknowledged—but rarely explored—connection between the eighteenth-century London stage and the early English novel.

Author / Editor information

DeRitter Jones :

Jones DeRitter is Professor of English and Theater at The University of Scranton.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Life Among the “Otamys”: Gender and Demography in The Beggar’s Opera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
2. “The storm that lust began must end in blood”: The Physical Economy of The London Merchant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
3. “Not the Person she conceived me”: The Public Identities of Charlotte Charke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
4. “So much written about what deserves not the least consideration”: Performance and Physical Experience in Clarissa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
5. Who She Was and What She Was: Female Characters and Physical Experience in Tom Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Postscript Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 192
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512801774