Download or read book The Colonial American Stage 1665 1774 written by Odai Johnson and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The geographic range of this study is the British American colonies, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Savannah, in the Georgia colony on the continent, and the British West Indies."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book These Fiery Frenchified Dames written by Susan Branson and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 4, 1796, a group of women gathered in York, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of American independence. They drank tea and toasted the Revolution, the Constitution, and, finally, the rights of women. This event would have been unheard of thirty years before, but a popular political culture developed after the war in which women were actively involved, despite the fact that they could not vote or hold political office. This newfound atmosphere not only provided women with opportunities to celebrate national occasions outside the home but also enabled them to conceive of possessing specific rights in the young republic and to demand those rights in very public ways. Susan Branson examines the avenues through which women's presence became central to the competition for control of the nation's political life and, despite attempts to quell the emerging power of women—typified by William Cobbett's derogatory label of politically active women as "these fiery Frenchified dames"—demonstrates that the social, political, and intellectual ideas regarding women in the post-Revolutionary era contributed to a more significant change in women's public lives than most historians have recognized. As an early capital of the United States, the leading publishing center, and the largest and most cosmopolitan city in America during the eighteenth century, Philadelphia exerted a considerable influence on national politics, society, and culture. It was in Philadelphia that the Federalists and Democratic Republicans first struggled for America's political future, with women's involvement critical to the outcome of their heated partisan debates. Middle and upper-class women of Philadelphia were able to achieve a greater share in the culture and politics of the new nation through several key developments, including theaters and salons that were revitalized following the war, allowing women to intermingle and participate in political discussions, and the wider availability of national and international writings, particularly those that described women's involvement in the French Revolution—perhaps the most important and controversial historical event in the early development of American women's political consciousness. Given these circumstances, Branson argues, American women were able to create new more active social and political roles for themselves that brought them out of the home and into the public sphere. Although excluded from the formal political arenas of voting and lawmaking, American women in the Age of Revolution nevertheless thought and acted politically and were able to make their presence and opinions known to the benefit of a young nation.

Download or read book American Regional Theatre History to 1900 written by Carl F. W. Larson and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excludes New York City.

Download or read book America s Indomitable Character Volume II written by Frederick William Dame and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II of America's Indomitable Character has information on: A synopsis of Volume I. A preview concerning the content of Volume II with the sub-themes of Nature, human nature, society, the social contract, and education and how they weave into American character identity. American character identity and its Colonial connection to the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The historical personage Michel Guillaume (J. Hector St. John) de Crèvecoeur, a French, British, American Colonial citizen, and the America farmer par excellence who posed the famous question: What is an American? Benjamin Franklin's contributions to the developing American character identity. Thomas Paine's revolutionary views on American character identity. Thomas Jefferson's philosophical contributions to American character identity. John Dickinson, America's soldier and founding father. Hugh Henry Brackenridge, American publisher and author who educated Colonial Americans in politics. The literary group the Connecticut Wits who were both for and against America's independent development. The role of Colonial Religion and early attitudes concerning the American Colonial Theater as they relate to American character identity. The American dramatist and jurist Royall Tyler and his play The Contrast (A Comedy in Five Acts) in which the newly developing American consciousness of independence, including female independence, vis-à-vis English foppery and buffoonery are presented. Further, the use of the Native American's chanson du mort, in this case the Song of Alknomook and the dramaturgical presentation of Yankee Doodle are of utmost importance in understanding The Contrast and how they interplay with American character identity. The Albany Plan of Union. The Declaration of Independence written by the Founding Fathers. The Articles of Confederation (and Perpetual Union). A chronology of theatrical events between 1600 and 1800.

Download or read book American Theatre Companies 1749 1887 written by Weldon B. Durham and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1986-09-15 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Product information not available.

Download or read book Melodrama Unveiled written by David Grimsted and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Grimsted's Melodrama Unveiled explores early American drama to try to understand why such severely limited plays were so popular for so long. Concerned with both the plays and the dramatic settings that gave them life, Grimsted offers us rich descriptions of the interaction of performers, audiences, critics, managers, and stage mechanics. Because these plays had to appeal immediately and directly to diverse audiences, they provide dramatic clues to the least common denominator of social values and concerns. In considering both the context and content of popular culture, Grimsted's book suggests how theater reflected the rapidly changing society of antebellum America.

Download or read book Publications and Research and Other Contributions written by Pennsylvania State University and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dissertations in American Literature 1891 1955 written by James Leslie Woodress and published by Durham, N.C., Duke U. P. This book was released on 1962 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book American Dissertations on the Drama and the Theatre written by Fredric M. Litto and published by Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Doctoral Dissertations in American Music written by Rita H. Mead and published by Brooklyn : Institute for Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. This book was released on 1974 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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