Theatrical Nation: Jews and Other Outlandish Englishmen in Georgian Britain–Now Available

Theatrical Nation: Jews and Other Outlandish Englishmen in Georgian Britain

Michael Ragussis

288 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus.

Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4220-1 | $55.00 | £36.00

A volume in the Haney Foundation Series

Theatrical NationFocusing on such popular figures as the stage Jew, Scot, and Irishman, Michael Ragussis reveals the crucial role the theater played in developing, maintaining, and questioning the ethnic stereotypes through which the identity of the English nation was defined.

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