1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451460703321

Autore

Andrews Malcolm

Titolo

Charles Dickens and his performing selves [[electronic resource] ] : Dickens and the public readings / / Malcolm Andrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-84110-9

0-19-153371-8

1-4294-5939-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Oral interpretation of fiction - History - 19th century

Oral reading - History - 19th century

Performing arts - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Performing arts in literature

Stage adaptations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; A Premiere: New York, December 1867; 1. A Community of Readers; 2. Reading, Reciting, Acting; 3. Impersonation; 4. Celebrity on Tour; 5. Performance; 6. A 'New Expression of the Meaning of my Books'; Finale: London, March 1870; Appendix: Schedule of the Public Readings; Abbreviations; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Dickens's public readings have not had the attention they deserve; and yet Dickens put as much effort into perfecting his performances as he did with his novels. These performances were sensational events and won Dickens thousands of new admirers. This book tells that story and brings the events alive, with more detail than ever before. - ;Charles Dickens had three professional careers: novelist, journalist and public Reader. That third career has seldom been given the serious attention it deserved. For the last 12 years of his life he toured Britain and America giving 2-hour readings



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452571103321

Autore

Merrifield Andy

Titolo

Metromarxism [[electronic resource] ] : A Marxist Tale of the City

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

0-203-70743-5

1-299-47790-9

1-135-02486-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Soggetti

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Communities - Urban Groups

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Metromarxism; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Commodities and Cities, with Sober Senses; 2 Backstreet Boy in Manchester; 3 The City of Profane Illumination; 4  The Urban Revolution; 5 The City of Marx and Coca-Cola; 6 The City of Althusser and Social Movements; 7 The Geopolitics of Urbanization; 8 A Marxist Urban Romance; Afterword; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""Metromarxism"" discusses Marxism's relationship with the city from the 1850s to the present by way of biographical chapters on figures from the Marxist tradition, including Marx, Walter Benjamin, Guy Debord, and David Harvey. Each chapter combines interesting biographical anecdotes with an accessible analysis of each individual's contribution to an always-transforming Marxist theory of the city. He suggests that the interplay between the city as center of economic and social life and its potential for progressive change generated a major corpus of work. That work has been key in advancing pr