Work in progress-seminarium: "It envelops: geology, history and the elements in nineteenth-century Scottish Melodrama"
- Datum: 20 november 2023, kl. 15.15–17.00
- Plats: Engelska parken, Rum 16-1044
- Typ: Seminarium
- Föreläsare: Millie Schurch (Uppsala University)
- Arrangör: Engelska institutionen
- Kontaktperson: Emma Clery
Abstract
Isaac Pocock’s 1818 adaptation of Walter Scott’s Rob Roy was one of the most popular stage works of nineteenth-century Britain. It had enormous cultural influence, fashioning a notion of Scottish national identity. This paper draws on eco-philosophy to explore the elemental characteristics of geology as they appear in James Hutton’s Theory of the Earth (1788) and examine how Pocock’s play renders these same characteristics theatrically.
Contact Professor Emma Clery, emma.clery@engelska.uu.se, for the text in advance.