Peace as the Result of “the Method of Merchandise”: Ideological Warfare in George Lillo’s The London Merchant (1731)
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2 février 2018
- handle: 10670/1.d0jyzz
- isbn: 9782878541649
- eisbn: 9782878548365
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18e s. arts Grande-Bretagne guerres paix société History Literature, British Isles HIS015000 HBJD1Sujets proches
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Doris Feldmann, « Peace as the Result of “the Method of Merchandise”: Ideological Warfare in George Lillo’s The London Merchant (1731) », Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, ID : 10670/1.d0jyzz
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At first sight it may seem surprising, or even strange, that George Lillo’s The London Merchant, that most famous example of eighteenth-century domestic tragedy, should refer to topics of national relevance like war and peace. It was, after all, an explicit and central concern of this genre in the eighteenth century to turn away from the “fall of nations” and to concentrate on “private woe” instead. A playwright could at best establish a connection between the domestic subject and its public,...