Staged Readings: Contesting Class in Popular American Theater and Literature, 1835-75

Author:   Michael F. D'Alessandro
Publisher:   The University of Michigan Press
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9780472133178


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   30 September 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michael F. D'Alessandro
Publisher:   The University of Michigan Press
Imprint:   The University of Michigan Press
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780472133178


ISBN 10:   0472133179
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   30 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Introduction: The Page, the Stage, and Social Distancing in Nineteenth-Century America 1. George Lippard’s “Theatre of Hell”: Apocalyptic Melodrama and Working-Class Spectatorship in the Quaker City 2. A “Blue-Bottle, Fiery-Eyed Devil”: Washingtonian-Era Temperance Drama and the Making of Middle-Class Culture 3. A Novel National Drama: Restaging the South, Reviving the “Tragic Mulatta” in Boucicault’s The Octoroon 4. Social Stages: Performing Literature and Claiming Culture in Victorian America Epilogue: “Little” Louisa Notes Index

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Michael D’Alessandro is Assistant Professor of English and Theater Studies at Duke University.

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