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If the Renaissance was the Golden Age of English comedy, the Restoration was the Silver. These comedies are full of tricksters attempting to gain estates, the emblem and the reality of power in late feudal England. The tricksters appear in a number of guises, such as heroines landing their men, younger brothers seeking estates, or Cavaliers threatened with dispossession. The hybrid nature of these plays has long posed problems for critics, and few studies have attempted to deal with their diversity in a comprehensive way. Now one of the leading scholars of Restoration drama offers a cultural h
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To understand the cultural history of England during the Restoration, one need look no further than the theater, which was attended by the gentry as well as by members of the middle and lower classes. The theater of this period embodied the values, meanings, and power relations of Restoration England. In Heroes and States, Douglas Canfield argues that drama not only represents but actually helps constitute the value and belief systems of an entire culture. Heroes and States completes Canfield's two-volume cultural history of Restoration drama, begun in Tricksters and Estates: On the Ideology
Heroes in literature. --- State, The, in literature. --- Nationalism in literature. --- Political plays, English --- Politics and literature --- English drama (Tragedy) --- English drama --- History and criticism. --- History
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Twentieth-century authors and filmmakers have created a pantheon of mavericks -- some macho, others angst-ridden -- who often cross a metaphorical boundary among the literal ones of Anglo, Native American, and Hispanic cultures. Douglas Canfield examines the concept of borders, defining them as the space between states and cultures and ideologies, and focuses on these border crossings as a key feature of novels and films about the region.Canfield begins in the Old Southwest of Faulkner's Mississippi, addressing the problem of slavery; travels west to North Texas and the infamous Gainesville Ha
Western films --- Western stories --- Historical fiction, American --- Authors, American --- American fiction --- American authors --- American literature --- History and criticism. --- Homes and haunts --- Southwestern States --- Mexican-American Border Region --- Southwestern United States --- United States, Southwestern --- In literature. --- Intellectual life.
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Allegiance in literature. --- Betrothal in literature. --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature. --- Constancy in literature. --- English literature --- English literature --- English literature --- Loyalty in literature. --- Oaths in literature. --- Trust in literature. --- Vows in literature. --- Psychological aspects. --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism.
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Christian drama, English --- Tragedy. --- History and criticism. --- Rowe, Nicholas, --- Criticism and interpretation.
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Culture in literature. --- English drama --- English drama --- Literature and society --- Literature and society --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism. --- History --- History
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