The drama of the American short story, 1800-1865
Introduction: The Irving brothers at the Park Theatre, 1802 -- "No garden of thought, nor elysium of fancy": Washington Irving's The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent -- The rites of pure brotherhood: fraternalism and performance in Poe and Lippard -- "The rule of men entirel...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Press
[2016]
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Short story
/ History 1800-1865
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theater in literature
B Ritual in literature B America In literature B American fiction 19th century History and criticism B Short stories, American History and criticism B Performance in literature B National characteristics, American, in literature B American fiction History and criticism 19th century B Performing arts in literature |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic |
| Summary: | Introduction: The Irving brothers at the Park Theatre, 1802 -- "No garden of thought, nor elysium of fancy": Washington Irving's The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent -- The rites of pure brotherhood: fraternalism and performance in Poe and Lippard -- "The rule of men entirely great": Richelieu, ritual, and republicanism in Melville's diptychs -- The "child of nature," or the "wonder of the age": Melville's child prodigies -- "Contending for an empire": performing sincerity in Hawthorne's New England -- Epilogue: Louisa May Alcott's theatrical realism |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 251-270) |
| Physical Description: | VI, 270 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-472-13003-0 |
