Comic Acting And Portraiture In Late-Georgian And Regency England

Jim Davis explores the relationship between comic performance and the visual arts in England c.1780-1830, focussing on the influence of Hogarth and Wilkie on theatre criticism and portraiture, caricature as critique and the contribution of comic actors to notions of national identity.

• | By (Author): Jim (University Of Warwick) Davis
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 290 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1107491711
• | ISBN-13: 9781107491717