The Passion of Joanna Baillie
Playwright as Martyr
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4553365 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sean Carney (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227-252 |
| Publication date | 2000-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2000.0038 |
| OpenAlex | W2093382751 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
Joanna Baillie's dramatic corpus presents, in play after play, a series of protagonists whose self-command comes into conflict with a treacherous and misleading passion. The struggle between these capacities constitutes a theatrical spectacle anticipated by her predecessor Adam Smith in his work of stoic philosophy, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. There he writes
Adam smith · Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Martyr · Passion · Political science · Spectacle · Theology · Law · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Social Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |