Title: Closet performances
First published: 1998
Description: Detailed discussion of individual plays - Manfred, Sardanapalus, Prometheus Unbound, Marino Faliero, Hellas, Cain, Heaven and Earth, The Two Foscari, and The Cenci - is supported by investigations into Romantic criticism of the drama, the dynamics of the reviewing journals, and the philosophical construct of the "closet" of reasoning and reading.
Subjects: Censorship, Dramatic works, English Political plays, English Verse drama, English drama, History, History and criticism, Political and social views, Political plays, English, Politics and literature, Radicalism in literature, Verse drama, English, English Closet drama, Byron, george gordon byron, baron, 1788-1824, Shelley, percy bysshe, 1792-1822
Places: Great Britain
People: George Gordon Byron Byron Baron (1788-1824), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PR4392.D7 S55 1998