The Developing Ideas of Individual Freedom and National Unity as Reflected in American Plays and the Theatre, 1772-1819Stanford University, 1965 - 926 pages |
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... social standing , the Yankee . Though awkward and unacquainted with social graces , the Yankee was proud and democratic in attitude and just as patriotic as his master . The dramatic writers of this period employed forms which had been ...
... social standing , the Yankee . Though awkward and unacquainted with social graces , the Yankee was proud and democratic in attitude and just as patriotic as his master . The dramatic writers of this period employed forms which had been ...
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... social changes that were taking place ; abroad , there were the French Revolution , the struggle between England and France for control of the seas , and the piracy of the Barbary States . The theatres during this period grew in number ...
... social changes that were taking place ; abroad , there were the French Revolution , the struggle between England and France for control of the seas , and the piracy of the Barbary States . The theatres during this period grew in number ...
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... social stratum . In the English sentimental drama the common life was frequently idealized but seldom was there intermarriage between the social classes . Hutton's play thus not only proclaims the dignity of the common man but also ...
... social stratum . In the English sentimental drama the common life was frequently idealized but seldom was there intermarriage between the social classes . Hutton's play thus not only proclaims the dignity of the common man but also ...
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