Acting in the Night : Macbeth and the Places of the Civil War /

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What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? Alexander Nemerov takes a performance of Macbeth in Washington, DC on October 17, 1863--with Abraham Lincoln in attendance--to explore this question and illuminate American art, p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nemerov, Alexander
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > United States.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Macbeth.
Macbeth.
Macbeth (Shakespeare, William)
Toneelvoorstellingen.
Macbeth (Shakespeare)
Burgeroorlogen.
Aufführung
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
War and theater
Theater and society
Theater
Social conditions.
Social aspects
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Theâtre > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Theâtre et societe > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Theater > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Theater and society > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Verenigde Staten.
USA
Washington (D.C.)
Virginia
United States
Virginie > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Virginie > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century.
Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Theater and the war.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? Alexander Nemerov takes a performance of Macbeth in Washington, DC on October 17, 1863--with Abraham Lincoln in attendance--to explore this question and illuminate American art, politics, technology, and life as it was being lived. Nemerov's inspiration is Wallace Stevens and his poem "Anecdote of the Jar," in which a single object organizes the wilderness around it in the consciousness of the poet. For Nemerov, that evening's performance of Macbeth reached across the tragedy.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520947443

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