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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
"This powerful and lively package of primary materials and
historical context will demonstrate how historical 'forces' play
themselves out on the ground. Kierner's collection offers a fresh
lens on a new world struggling into being and will inspire teachers
and students of all ages alike." The Contrast makes a real contribution to the existing
scholarship on this period, it has great appeal for classroom use,
and it puts back in print an amusing play that is instrumental in
understanding critical issues in the new nation. The play The
Contrast centers on gender roles, relations, and expectations,
mocking the gender stereotypes of the day and is a rich source for
understanding a host of political and social issues in the Early
Republic. It is funnyeven to a modern audienceand replete with
literary references. "The Contrast," which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler's play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans -- and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.
"This powerful and lively package of primary materials and
historical context will demonstrate how historical 'forces' play
themselves out on the ground. Kierner's collection offers a fresh
lens on a new world struggling into being and will inspire teachers
and students of all ages alike." The Contrast makes a real contribution to the existing
scholarship on this period, it has great appeal for classroom use,
and it puts back in print an amusing play that is instrumental in
understanding critical issues in the new nation. The play The
Contrast centers on gender roles, relations, and expectations,
mocking the gender stereotypes of the day and is a rich source for
understanding a host of political and social issues in the Early
Republic. It is funnyeven to a modern audienceand replete with
literary references. "The Contrast," which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler's play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans -- and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.
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