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Melodramatic formations : American theatre and society, 1820-1870 /
The middle years of the nineteenth century were a time of dynamic artistic and social changes in America. Now, Melodramatic Formations is the first study to trace these changes in popular stage melodrama's production, dramatic form, and audience reception. Bruce McConachie shows how the theatri...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©1992.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. |
| Collection: | Studies in theatre history and culture.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | The middle years of the nineteenth century were a time of dynamic artistic and social changes in America. Now, Melodramatic Formations is the first study to trace these changes in popular stage melodrama's production, dramatic form, and audience reception. Bruce McConachie shows how the theatrical mutability that characterized the years 1820 to 1870 is inextricably tied to the decline of elite paternalism and republicanism and the rise of bourgeois rationalism and respectability. Taking a rigorous interdisciplinary approach, McConachie examines several historical regularities of production, ge. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-303) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1587291479 9781587291470 |