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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
Author: Monthly Review; Or, New Literary Journal
Author: Ralph GriffithsTHE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL VOL. LIV
Author: SEVERAL HANDSThe Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged
Author: Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G.E. Griffiths.
Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal
Author: THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL VOL.XI
Author: SEVERAL HANDSGetting Into the Act
Author: Ellen DonkinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134890850
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Getting Into the Act is a vigorous and refreshing account of seven female playwrights who, against all odds, enjoyed professional success in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Ellen Donkin relates fascinating, disturbing tales about the male theatre managers to whom they were indebted, and the trials and prejudices they endured, ranging from accusations of plagiarism to sexual harassment. This scarred turbulent early history still resonates in the late twentieth-century. The current ratio of female to male playwrights is virtually unchanged. Old patterns of male control persist, and playwriting continues to be a hazardous occupation for women. But within these scarred earlier histories there are equally powerful narratives of self-revelation, endurance, and professional triumph that may point to a new way forward. Getting Into the Act is entertaining and informative reading for anyone, from scholar to general reader, who is interested in the history and gender politics of the stage.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 40
Author: Thomas JeffersonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691184879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 851
Book Description
This volume opens on 4 March 1803, the first day of Jefferson's third year as president. Still shaken by the closing of the right of deposit at New Orleans, he confronts the potential political consequences of a cession of Louisiana to France that might result in a denial of American access to the Mississippi. But he resists pressures to seize New Orleans by force, urging patience instead. The cabinet determines in April that "all possible procrastinations" should be used in dealing with France, but that discussions with Great Britain move forward as well. In Paris, a treaty for the cession of the Louisiana Territory to the United States is signed, and in May the right of deposit is restored. On 3 July, word reaches Jefferson in Washington of the agreement that France has sold the entire Territory for $15 million. The glorious news, which may be the most momentous that Jefferson receives while president, appears in the National Intelligencer the following day. Having received congressional approval to send an expedition to locate a continental route to the Pacific, Jefferson drafts instructions and a cipher for Meriwether Lewis and arranges for the needed instruments. Following through on a promise to a friend to give his views of Christianity, Jefferson puts his religious creed on paper, a "Syllabus" of the morals of Jesus and the comparative merits of Christianity. He intends it only for a few trusted friends.
Life of Friedrich Schiller
Author: Henry Woodd NevinsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 244
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