02384oam 22005294a 450 991082661480332120230807184758.01-952271-06-19781952271076(ebook)(CKB)5590000000463341(OCoLC)1249269381(MdBmJHUP)muse92496(MiAaPQ)EBC6577584(Au-PeEL)EBL6577584(EXLCZ)99559000000046334120210206h20212021 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican VaudevilleGeoffrey Hilsabeck ; with a foreword by Luc SanteFirst edition.Morgantown :West Virginia University Press,2021.©2021.1 online resource illustrationsIn place (Morgantown, W. Va.)1-952271-07-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Creation myths -- Vanishing act -- Just what was vaudeville? -- At the wonderland -- Dreamsweat -- Jacks-in-the-pew -- Bright particular star -- The Jonah Man -- The muting of the strings -- Obituaries and obsolescencies -- The playhouse -- History."At the heart of American Vaudeville is one strange, unsettling fact: for nearly fifty years, from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s, vaudeville was everywhere-then, suddenly, it was nowhere. This book tells the story of what was once the most popular form of entertainment in the country using lists, creation myths, thumbnail biographies, dreams, and obituaries. A lyric history-part social history, part song-American Vaudeville sits at the nexus between poetry, experimental nonfiction, and, because it includes historic images, art books"--Provided by publisher.In place (Morgantown, W. Va.)Vaudevillefast(OCoLC)fst01164609VaudevilleUnited StatesMiscellaneaUnited StatesfastTrivia and miscellanea.Vaudeville.Vaudeville792.70973Hilsabeck Geoffrey1642631Sante LucyMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910826614803321American Vaudeville3987442UNINA