Author: Enkvist, Nils Erik [Widnas, Maria] [Zilliacus, Henrik] [Pipping, Hugo E.]
Title: Caricatures of Americans on the English Stage Prior to 1870 [bound together with three other monographs]
Description: Helsingfors, Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1953. orig.wrappers. 24x16cm, ( 732 ) pp, Series: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, Tomus XVIII, No. 1-4.. Unopened. Minor rubbing. Several small tears to cover edges. VG. ¶ This consists of four monographs of the series "Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum" Tomus XVIII, 1-4, each with separate title-pages & paginations,bound together [as issued] by publisher. Includes: 1) Nils Erik Enkvist " Caricatures of Americans on the English Stage Prior to 1870" [1951, 168pp];2): Maria Widnas "La position de l'adjectif épithète en vieux russe" [1953 , 198pp]; 3): Henrik Zilliacus "Selbstgefühl und servilität: Studien zum enregelmässigen Numerusgebrauch im Griechischen" [1953, 86pp]; 4): Hugo E. Pipping "Standard of Living: The Concept & Its Place in Economics" [1953, 280pp]. [Contents of Nils Erik Enkvist's "Caricatures of Americans on the English Stage": The Introduction of Humorous Americans on the English Stage; Some Minor Characterizations Prior to 1833; Rip Van WInkle; 1833-1839: The Establishment of a Tradition; Negro Minstrelsy in England, 1836-187 0 ; ; The 1840s; The 1850s; The 1860s; Conclusion.] [Contents of Maria Widnä s "La position de l'adjectif épithète en vieux russe": La tradition russe: En prèsence de deux traditions littéraires; Les ècrits de Monomakh; Les actes juridiques; La langue populaire; Les dèbuts de la tradition byzantino-slavonne; L'évolution de la tradition byzantino-slavonne.] [ Contents of Henrik Zilliacus "Selbstgefühl und servilität": Die klassische Zeit; Das Zeitalter des Hellenismus; Die Entwicklung des unlogischen Plurals im Lateinischen; Die römische und byzantinische Zeit.] [Contents of Hugo E. Pipping's "Standard of Living": Hedonism; Wants & Satisfactions;Choice, Custom & Social Group-Making; Activity & Occupation; The Concept

Keywords: British Theatre History, Literary Criticism, Drama Caricatures, Great Britain, Americans Economics, Greek Language, Old Russian, Linguistics, Classical Philology