1st Edition

London Opera Observed 1711–1844

Edited By Michael Burden
1856 Pages
by Routledge

1856 Pages
by Routledge

The thrust of these five volumes is contained in their title, London Opera Observ’d.  It takes its cue from the numerous texts and volumes which — during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries — used the concept of ‘spying’ or ‘observing’ by a narrator, or rambler, as a means of establishing a discourse on aspects of London life. The material in this five-volume reset... Read more
Volume 1: General Introduction 1711–1763; Volume 2: 1763–1782; Volume 3: 1783–1793; Volume 4: 1799–1821; Volume 5: 1821–1844, Index

Biography

All volumes edited by Michael Burden