10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBINSINUATION»
Discover the use of
subinsinuation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
subinsinuation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Empty Houses: Theatrical Failure and the Novel
Lamb elaborates on the claim in a discussion ofcowardly characters: the stage
coward makes a perpetual subinsinuation to us, the spectators, even in the
extremity of the shaking fit, that he was not half such a coward as we took him for .
2
Illusion and the Drama: Critical Theory of the Enlightenment ...
... belief," a term which Lamb repeats, but he directs attention towards the actor,
rather than the spectator, in speaking of a role being "half put on," of "
subinsinuation," of "compromise," of a "judicious understanding, not too openly
announced.
3
The theological works: of the most pious and learned Henry ...
Where I must confess I could never imagin that spoken otherwise than figuratively
by a Diorifmus, (so long as I did literally understand these Epistles ) and to be a
modest Subinsinuation of the most perfect and I full Persecution, as is intimated ...
Henry More, Joseph Downing, 1708
4
Romantic Drama: Acting and Reacting
Lamb is much closer to Hazlitt in his appraisal, but he also comments on the
effect of Bannister's maintaining “a perpetual subinsinuation” in his roles. Jack
Bannister was always able to step in and out of character with a mastery of the “
aside”: ...
5
Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture
... character, or shift from one character into another. Lamb praises especially
John Bannister for his art of 'perpetual subinsinuation' in making the comic
coward a laughable rather than a merely pitiable character. The doubleness of
stepping.
Alexander Dick, Angela Esterhammer, 2009
6
Playing to the Crowd: London Popular Theatre, 1780-1830
To Bannister's “two voices” and his talent for conspiratorial asides to the
audience, Elliston added a further “subinsinuation” of his own, namely, an ability
to signal discretely to the patrons in the boxes. Elliston's performance required
multiple ...
The firstisan example of subtle criticism showing howitis thatwe get enjoyment
out of unlovely attributes on the stage,thanks tothe "exquisite artof the actor ina
perpetual subinsinuation to us,"thatthings are not altogether what they seemto be
.
8
The last essays of Elia
How was this effected but by the exquisite art of the actor in a perpetual
subinsinuation to us, the spectators, even in the extremity of the shaking fit, that
he was not half such a coward as we took him for ? We saw all the common
symptoms of ...
Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Alfred Ainger, 1899
9
The life and works of Charles Lamb
How was this effected but by the exquisite art of the actor in a perpetual
subinsinuation to us, the spectators, even in the extremity of the shaking fit, that
he was not half such a coward as we took him for ? We saw all the common
symptoms of ...
Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger, 19
10
Essays of Elia: and other pieces
How was this effected but by the exquisite art of the actor in a perpetual
subinsinuation to us, the spectators, even in the extremity of the shaking fit, that
he was not half such a coward as we took him for ? We saw all the common
symptoms of ...
Charles Lamb, Henry Morley, 1886
