R.Z

R.Z
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Total Pages : 992
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433082031745
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Synopsis R.Z by : William Thomas Lowndes

The Cultural Politics of Opera, 1720-1742

The Cultural Politics of Opera, 1720-1742
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 375
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ISBN-10 : 9781837651696
ISBN-13 : 1837651698
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Synopsis The Cultural Politics of Opera, 1720-1742 by : Thomas McGeary

Explores the intersection of the world of opera, literature and partisan politics to show how Italian opera was put to use in the 'culture wars' of the day. This last of a trilogy of books on opera and politics in Britain examines the cultural politics of opera during the ministerial reign of Sir Robert Walpole from 1720 to 1742. The book explores the intersection of the world of opera, literature, and partisan politics to show how Italian opera - with its associations with the court, ministry and Britain's social-political elite - was put to use in the 'culture wars' of the day: how Italian opera was used for partisan political advantage; how political work could be accomplished by means of opera. It shows that attacks on opera had ulterior targets. The book surveys a range of often overlooked verse and prints to show how critique or satire of opera were a means for oppositional writers to delegitimize the Walpole ministry. Polemicists framed opera as a consequence of the corruption, luxury and False Taste generated by Walpole's ministry. It closes in the watershed year 1742: Handel had produced the last of his Italian operas the previous year, Walpole fell from power, and Alexander Pope published the last book of his Dunciad project.

Bibliotheca Histrionica. A catalogue of the theatrical and miscellaneous library of Mr. J. Field ... which will be sold by auction, etc. [With the prices in MS.]

Bibliotheca Histrionica. A catalogue of the theatrical and miscellaneous library of Mr. J. Field ... which will be sold by auction, etc. [With the prices in MS.]
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Total Pages : 106
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0018015403
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Synopsis Bibliotheca Histrionica. A catalogue of the theatrical and miscellaneous library of Mr. J. Field ... which will be sold by auction, etc. [With the prices in MS.] by : John FIELD (Collector of Dramatic Literature.)

The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing ... and the Prices at which They Have Been Sold in the Present Century

The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing ... and the Prices at which They Have Been Sold in the Present Century
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Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : EHC:148100082511V
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Synopsis The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing ... and the Prices at which They Have Been Sold in the Present Century by : William Thomas Lowndes

A.C

A.C
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Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : CHI:101789852
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Synopsis A.C by : William Thomas Lowndes