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National Myth and Imperial Fantasy: Representations of British Identity on the Early Eighteenth-Cent

National Myth and Imperial Fantasy: Representations of British Identity on the Early Eighteenth-Cent

by Marshall, Louise H
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Eighteenth-century drama is often dismissed as homogenous, aesthetically uninteresting, or politically complacent. This book reveals the incredibly intriguing and intricate nature of the period's history plays and their often messy dramatisaton of the complexities of patriotic rhetoric and national identification.

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Pub dateNov 12, 2008
ISBN-100230573371
ISBN-139780230573376
LanguageEnglish
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