Staging the Peninsular War

English Theatres 1807-1815

Bibliographic Data

ID19902028
AuthorsSusan Valladares (corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages472
Publication date2016-03-09
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueStaging the Peninsular War (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315610542
OpenAlexW1930755561
Open LibraryOL53964058M
ISBN9781315610542
LanguageEN
Citations received5

From Napoleon's invasion of Portugal in 1807 to his final defeat at Waterloo, the English theatres played a crucial role in the mediation of the Peninsular campaign. In the first in-depth study of English theatre during the Peninsular War, Susan Valladares contextualizes the theatrical treatment of the war within the larger political and ideological axes of Romantic performance. Exploring the role of spectacle in the mediation of war and the links between theatrical productions and print culture

Art · Art history · Cartography · Geography · Political science · Politics · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · 1807-1814 · 19th century · English drama · English drama, history and criticism · Great britain · Guerre dans la littérature · History and criticism · Literature and the war · Peninsular War · Peninsular War (1807-1814) fast (OCoLC)fst01056924 · Peninsular War (1807-1814) fast (OCoLC)fst01056924 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01056924 · Performing Arts · Soldiers in literature · Theater · Théâtre · Théâtre anglais · War and literature · War in literature

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