LEADER 03068nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910811488903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-383-04143-1 010 $a1-280-84110-9 010 $a0-19-153371-8 010 $a1-4294-5939-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471477 035 $a(EBL)415151 035 $a(OCoLC)476240435 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000120152 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141034 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000120152 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080913 035 $a(PQKB)11345424 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415151 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271503 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL84110 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7033722 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415151 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471477 100 $a20060823d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCharles Dickens and his performing selves$b[electronic resource] $eDickens and the public readings /$fMalcolm Andrews 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (346 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-923620-8 311 $a0-19-927069-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface 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 330 $aCharles 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 606 $aOral interpretation of fiction$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aOral reading$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPerforming arts$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPerforming arts in literature 606 $aStage adaptations 615 0$aOral interpretation of fiction$xHistory 615 0$aOral reading$xHistory 615 0$aPerforming arts$xHistory 615 0$aPerforming arts in literature. 615 0$aStage adaptations. 676 $a823/.8 700 $aAndrews$b Malcolm$0460491 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811488903321 996 $aCharles Dickens and his performing selves$91125389 997 $aUNINA