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Collins Michael J (Michael James), <1984-> |
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The drama of the American short story, 1800-1865 / / Michael J. Collins |
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Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2016] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations |
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Short stories, American - History and criticism |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Performance in literature |
Performing arts in literature |
Theater in literature |
Ritual in literature |
National characteristics, American, in literature |
America In literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 251-270). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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