LEADER 02384oam 22005294a 450 001 9910826614803321 005 20230807184758.0 010 $a1-952271-06-1 010 $a9781952271076$b(ebook) 035 $a(CKB)5590000000463341 035 $a(OCoLC)1249269381 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse92496 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6577584 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6577584 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000463341 100 $a20210206h20212021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerican Vaudeville$fGeoffrey Hilsabeck ; with a foreword by Luc Sante 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aMorgantown :$cWest Virginia University Press,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations 225 1 $aIn place (Morgantown, W. Va.) 311 $a1-952271-07-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCreation 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. 330 $a"At the heart of American Vaudeville is one strange, unsettling fact: for nearly fifty years, from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s, vaudeville was everywhere-then, suddenly, it was nowhere. This book tells the story of what was once the most popular form of entertainment in the country using lists, creation myths, thumbnail biographies, dreams, and obituaries. A lyric history-part social history, part song-American Vaudeville sits at the nexus between poetry, experimental nonfiction, and, because it includes historic images, art books"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aIn place (Morgantown, W. Va.) 606 $aVaudeville$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01164609 606 $aVaudeville$zUnited States$vMiscellanea 607 $aUnited States$2fast 608 $aTrivia and miscellanea. 615 7$aVaudeville. 615 0$aVaudeville 676 $a792.70973 700 $aHilsabeck$b Geoffrey$01642631 702 $aSante$b Lucy 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826614803321 996 $aAmerican Vaudeville$93987442 997 $aUNINA