'Those Gay Days of Wickedness and Wit'
The Restoration Period in Popular Historiographies (18th-21st Centuries)
Published on 1. September 2021
VIII, 423 pages
978-3-8253-7278-1 (ISBN)
Description
The popular re-imaginings of past historical periods - in particular of 'successful' periods like the Victorian or the Tudor Ages - in modern media are currently a flourishing field of study. By comparison, the Restoration period (1660-1688/9) is under-researched in studies of popular historiography. This era has a dubious reputation characterized by uninhibited libertines, the twin catastrophes fire and plague, and a growing absolutism overcome in the 'Glorious Revolution'. Yet in the last three centuries, the Restoration period has featured in numerous historical novels, historical romances, in history plays and historical comedies.
The present study examines changing images of this period in popular historiographical genres since the early eighteenth century and analyses them in the context of the political, cultural, and historiographical discourses of their time. Additionally, it traces the historiographical changes in these genres, offering insights into their developments and functions in the field of historiography.
The present study examines changing images of this period in popular historiographical genres since the early eighteenth century and analyses them in the context of the political, cultural, and historiographical discourses of their time. Additionally, it traces the historiographical changes in these genres, offering insights into their developments and functions in the field of historiography.
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Dorothea Flothow
'Those Gay Days of Wickedness and Wit'
The Restoration Period in Popular Historiographies (18th-21st Centuries)
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Content
- Cover
- Titel
- Imprint
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Popular Historiography
- 1.1 Popular History - Defining the Field
- 1.2 Popular Historiography and History after the Linguistic Turn
- 1.3 Academic Historiography as 'Privileged Insight into the Past'
- 1.4 Popular Historiographies and Memory Studies
- 1.5 Résumé
- 2 Popular Genres and the Presentation of the Past
- 2.1 Genres as 'Ways of History-Making'
- 2.2 Defining Historical Drama
- 2.2.1 Previous Attempts at Defining Historical Drama
- 2.2.2 Historical Drama as Popular Historiography
- 2.3 The Historical Novel
- 2.3.1 Definitions of the Historical Novel - Trends and Issues
- 2.3.2 Writing History in the Novel
- 2.4 Historical Crime Fiction and the Historical Romance
- 2.4.1 Historical Crime Fiction
- 2.4.2 The Historical Romance
- 2.5 Résumé
- 3 Writing the Restoration Period - The 17th and 18th Centuries
- 3.1 Writing the Restoration Period - Preliminary Remarks
- 3.2 The Political Agenda of Post-Restoration Writers
- 3.3 Secret Histories and the Restoration
- 3.4 Of Whores, Highwaymen and Courtiers
- 3.5 Résumé
- 4 The Restoration Period in Nineteenth-Century Re-Writings
- 4.1 The Restoration Period and the Nineteenth Century
- 4.2 The Restoration World on the Nineteenth-Century Stage
- 4.2.1 The Theatrical Context of the Nineteenth Century
- 4.2.2 The Restoration Period in 'Serious' Dramatic Forms
- 4.2.3 The Restoration Period in 'Comic Forms'
- 4.2.4 Résumé - The Restoration on the Nineteenth-Century Stage
- 4.3 The Restoration Period in Narrative Fiction
- 4.3.1 The Historical Novel and the Writing of History
- 4.3.2 The Restoration in Nineteenth-Century Historical Fiction
- 4.3.3 Assessing the Period: Moral Indignation and Secret Longing
- 4.3.4 In Good King Charles's Golden Days - Assessing Restoration Figures
- 4.3.5 Restoration Politics and Religious Controversies
- 4.3.6 The Restoration and the Historical Romance
- 4.3.7 Résumé - Historical Fiction and the Restoration Past
- 4.4 Summary - The Restoration in the Nineteenth Century
- 5 The Restoration Period - The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- 5.1 Popular History, the Historical Profession and the Restoration Past
- 5.2 Historical Drama and the Restoration Period
- 5.2.1 Developments in Historical Drama
- 5.2.2 Romantic Comedies and the Restoration
- 5.2.3 Late-Twentieth-Century Reactions - Exploring Restoration Politics
- 5.2.4 Exploring Restoration Libertinism and Twentieth-Century Morality
- 5.2.5 The Restoration Theatre and the Actress - Exploring Gender
- 5.2.6 Staging Charles II and Nell Gwynne - Recent Trends
- 5.2.7 Résumé - The Restoration Period in History Plays
- 5.3 The Restoration Period and Historical Fiction, 1900 to Today
- 5.3.1 Twentieth-Century Historical Fiction and the Writing of the Past
- 5.3.2 Romance Fiction in the Early Twentieth Century
- 5.3.3 A Women's Period - The Restoration in Women's Fiction
- 5.3.4 The King and the Actress - Changing Images of Nell and Charles
- 5.3.5 Restoring the Restoration - The 'Literary' Historical Novel
- 5.3.6 Crime Fiction and the Restoration Period
- 5.3.7 Résumé - Fiction and the Restoration (1900 to Today
- 5.4 Popular History and the Restoration (1900 to Today
- 6 Conclusion - The Restoration Period in Popular Historiography
- 7 Bibliography
- 7.1 Primary Literature Featuring the Restoration
- 7.1.1 Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Texts
- 7.1.2 Nineteenth-Century Plays
- 7.1.3 Nineteenth-Century Novels
- 7.1.4 Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century Plays
- 7.1.5 Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century Novels
- 7.1.6 Popular Histories, Films and Biographies on the Restoration
- 7.2 Further Primary Works Cited
- 7.3 Secondary Literature
- 7.4 Collections and Databases Used
- Backcover
