The making of British bourgeois tragedy modernity and the art of ordinary suffering Hernandez, Alex Eric creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2019 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource (viii, 262 pages) : illustrations A study of eighteenth-century dramatic and narrative tragedies that explores the relation between personal misfortune and the emerging values that would define the everyday experience of the middle class. The volume discusses the work of George Lillo, Samuel Richardson, Aaron Hill, and Sarah Fielding, among others. Cover; The Making of British Bourgeois Tragedy: Modernity and the Art of Ordinary Suffering; Copyright; dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Illustrations; An Introduction to Bourgeois Tragedy: Or, "Silently and Smoothly Thro' the World"; 1: The Bourgeois Revaluation of Tragedy: Dignity and the Ordinary in George Lillo's London; 2: Close to Home: The Uncanny of Georgian Domestic Tragedy; 3: A Fine Subject for Tragedy: Providence, Poetic Justice, and Clarissa's Real Affliction; 4: Prosaic Suffering: Edward Moore, Diderot, and the Natural Picture of Drama 5: Tragic Sensibilities: Sentimental Fiction and the Serious GenreConclusion: Modern Tragedy and Ordinary Suffering; Bibliography; Index Alex Eric Hernandez. Includes bibliographical references and index. English drama (Tragedy) History and criticism English drama 18th century History and criticism Middle class in literature Tragédie anglaise Histoire et critique Théâtre anglais 18e siècle Histoire et critique LITERARY CRITICISM 18th Century Modern English drama English drama (Tragedy) Middle class in literature 1700-1799 fast PR633 .H47 2019 822/.0512 Making of British bourgeois tragedy Hernandez, Alex Eric. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2019 First edition. (OCoLC)1121096569 (DLC) 2019946084 9780192585752 0192585754 9780192585769 0192585762 9780191881657 0191881651 9780198846574 0198846576 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/32320 YDX 190926 20260319181322.8 in00005717634 eng