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The first book-length study of Horace Walpole’s scandalous The Mysterious Mother, including critical essays, an abridged script, and a facsimile edition

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“This handsome, erudite, and entertaining volume is in every way the perfect companion to Horace Walpole’s rarely recognized masterpiece.”—George E. Haggerty, University of California, Riverside

“Every expert contribution to Staging ‘The Mysterious Mother,’ like every room of Horace Walpole’s Gothic Strawberry Hill, contains well-curated treasures.”—Joseph Roach, Yale University

“This outstanding volume propels Horace Walpole’s Mysterious Mother out of the closet and onto the boards in illustrious fashion. Bringing the insights of brilliant scholars into conversation with both the shocking original and a masterfully cut text provides a daring provocation for us all to stage this ‘theatre of monstrous guilt.’”—Lisa A. Freeman, University of Illinois Chicago

Staging The Mysterious Mother

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 23 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9780300263657
      978-0300263657
      ISBN-10 0300263651
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Entertainment Theatre studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first book-length study of Horace Walpole’s scandalous The Mysterious Mother, including critical essays, an abridged script, and a facsimile edition

      Trade Review
      “This handsome, erudite, and entertaining volume is in every way the perfect companion to Horace Walpole’s rarely recognized masterpiece.”—George E. Haggerty, University of California, Riverside

      “Every expert contribution to Staging ‘The Mysterious Mother,’ like every room of Horace Walpole’s Gothic Strawberry Hill, contains well-curated treasures.”—Joseph Roach, Yale University

      “This outstanding volume propels Horace Walpole’s Mysterious Mother out of the closet and onto the boards in illustrious fashion. Bringing the insights of brilliant scholars into conversation with both the shocking original and a masterfully cut text provides a daring provocation for us all to stage this ‘theatre of monstrous guilt.’”—Lisa A. Freeman, University of Illinois Chicago

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