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Theater figures : the production of the nineteenth-century British novel / Emily Allen.
Van Pelt Library PR868.P44 A78 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Emily, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Performing arts in literature.
- Theater--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Theater.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Theater in literature.
- Actors in literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Figuring Theater 1
- 1 Theatrical Reforms: Stage Fright and the Scene of Reading 29
- 2 Staging a Comeback: The Remasculinization of the Novel 66
- 3 Heimlich Maneuvers: Domesticity, Theatricality, and the Abject 99
- 4 Mesdames Bovary: Performative Reading, Cultural Capital, and High Art 135
- 5 Performing Distinction: Elevating the Literary Sphere 170.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814209319
- 0814251102
- OCLC:
- 51861794
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