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The drama of the American short story, 1800-1865 / Michael J. Collins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collins, Michael J. (Michael James), 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American--History and criticism.
- Short stories, American.
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Performance in literature.
- Performing arts in literature.
- Theater in literature.
- Ritual in literature.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- America--In literature.
- America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- The Drama of the American Short Story, 1800 - 1865 argues that to truly understand the short story form, one must look at how it was shaped by the lively, chaotic, and deeply politicized world of 19th-century transatlantic theater and performance culture.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 251-270).
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472122165
- 0472122169
- OCLC:
- 961188175
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.8783628
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