Applause for the Wrong Reasons: The Use of Applications for Political Purposes in Paris Theatres, 1780–1830

1989 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. J. Hemmings
Keyword(s):  
Government Policies ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Tobias Smollett ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
John Moore

John Moore, the Glasgow physician and friend of Tobias Smollett, after attending a few performances at the Théâtre-Fran¸ais during a visit to the French capital in 1779, commented as follows on the surprisingly subversive behaviour of the Parisian parterre at that date: ‘By the emphatic applause they bestow on particular passages of the pieces represented at the theatre, they convey to the monarch the sentiments of the nation respecting the measures of his government.’ Moore gives no precise instances, but it is clear what he is referring to, and there were plenty of other contemporary observers to testify to the growing habit of making applications, and using this method to express opposition to certain government policies which, in the prevalent atmosphere of political repression, it might have been dangerous to contest too openly anywhere else. The theatre auditorium was the ideal place for voicing anonymous criticism with impunity. The guard in the theatre, entrusted with the task of preserving law and order, was powerless to prevent the parterre applying a maxim or simple phrase spoken from the stage to some matter of burning political import, and showing, by their vociferous applause, where exactly their sympathies lay.

Tobias Smollett

JAMA ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 216 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
George S. Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Tobias Smollett

scholarly journals Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickl

XVII-XVIII ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 324-326
Author(s):  
Damian Grant
Keyword(s):  
Tobias Smollett

scholarly journals Miguel de Cervantes en The Monthly Review y The Critical Review: la prosa (1749-1800)

Archivum ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (67) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Amenedo-Costa
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Henry Fielding ◽  
Charlotte Lennox ◽  
Tobias Smollett ◽  
Miguel De Cervantes ◽  
Monthly Review

Cervantes goza de un enorme protagonismo en la literatura británica del siglo XVIII. Su influencia se pone de manifiesto en Joseph Andrews, que Henry Fielding subtituló “Written in Imitation of the Manner of Cervantes”, y en producciones de autores como Tobias Smollett o Charlotte Lennox. La visión de la crítica cobra un valor significativo a mediados de siglo, con el nacimiento de The Monthly Review y The Critical Review que proporcionaban exámenes de novedades bibliográficas. En este trabajo se plantea el estudio de la huella cervantina en la novela británica a partir de las valoraciones críticas producidas por ambas publicaciones periódicas desde sus inicios hasta finales de siglo.

Tobias Smollett: A Study in Style

1980 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Paul-Gabriel Boucé ◽  
Damian Grant ◽  
Paul-Gabriel Bouce
Keyword(s):  
Tobias Smollett

scholarly journals Tobias Smollett and the work of writing

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. e12485
Author(s):  
Richard J. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Tobias Smollett

Glasgow as a Centre for the Arts, Science and Medicine

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-61
Author(s):  
Craig Lamont
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Style ◽  
Scottish Enlightenment ◽  
Tobias Smollett ◽  
The Arts ◽  
James Watt ◽  
William Cullen ◽  
William Hunter

This chapter showcases Glasgow as a truly important, often central, hub of the Scottish Enlightenment. Beginning with Francis Hutcheson’s revolutionary ideas and teaching style, the chapter traces the activities of the Foulis brothers, William Cullen, William Hunter, Tobias Smollett, and James Watt.

Tobias Smollett

1888 ◽  
Vol s7-V (112) ◽  
pp. 133-133
Author(s):  
W. J. Fitz-Patrick
Keyword(s):  
Tobias Smollett
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