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Spectacles of reform : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / Amy E. Hughes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Amy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--United States--History--19th century.
- Theater.
- Spectacular, The.
- History.
- Theater and society.
- United States.
- Theater and society--United States--History--19th century.
- American drama--19th century--History and criticism.
- American drama.
- Spectacular, The, in literature.
- Spectacular, The--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The body as/in/at the spectacle
- The delirium tremens: spectacular insanity in The drunkard
- The fugitive slave: Eliza's flight in Uncle Tom's cabin
- The railroad rescue: suffrage and citizenship in Under the gaslight
- Afterword: our sensations, our heroes, our freaks.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-234) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472118625
- 9780472028894
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.4993455
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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