The Gothic drama came at a critical moment in the history of the theater, of British culture, and of European politics in the shadow of France’s revolution and the fall of Napoleon.
Jeffrey N. Cox is an associate professor of English at Texas A&M University, where he serves on the Steering Committee of the Interdisciplinary Group for Historical Literary Study. His work on the drama of the romantic period includes In the Shadows of Romance: Romantic Tragic Drama in Germany, England, and France; he is currently working on the literary circle around Hunt, Shelley, and Keats.
“Good texts, notes, and a meaty introduction constitutes this
‘must-have’ item for students of British drama and literary
gothicism, in whose development drama was important. Cox’s command
of the bibliography relevant to his subject is impressive, and his
book will stand as a milestone of content, good scholarship, and
clear style.”
*Choice*
“Professor Cox explores the full spectrum of the Gothic drama of
revolt—political, social, and metaphysical. This volume acquaints
us with that world of grand and mysterious intrigue and unravels
the tangled threads of accepted, conventional and dogmatic
histories of the theater.”
*The Byron Journal*
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