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UNINA9910786006503321 |
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Autore |
Hughes Amy |
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Titolo |
Spectacles of reform : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / / Amy E. Hughes |
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Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-94160-0 |
0-472-02889-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Theater - United States - History - 19th century |
Theater and society - United States - History - 19th century |
American drama - 19th century - History and criticism |
Spectacular, The, in literature |
Spectacular, The - History - 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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