Acting in the night [[electronic resource] ] : Macbeth and the places of the Civil War / / Alexander Nemerov

• Autore: Nemerov Alexander
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.0973/09034
• Soggetto topico: Theater and society - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century; Theater - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Theater and the war; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects; Washington (D.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects; Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects; Washington (D.C.) Social conditions 19th century; Virginia Social conditions 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: A Drop That Dyes the Seas -- 1. A Stone's Throw: Charlotte Cushman -- 2. The Flame of Place: Abraham Lincoln -- 3. The Glass Case: Interior Life in Washington, D.C. -- 4. Acoustic Shadows: The Battle of Bristoe Station -- 5. Center of Echoes: Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia -- 6. Ghosts: The Death of Colonel Thomas Ru‹n, October 17, 1863 -- 7. Sound and Fury: Nature in Virginia -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? Alexander Nemerov takes a performance of Macbeth in Washington, DC on October 17, 1863-with Abraham Lincoln in attendance-to explore this question and illuminate American art, politics, technology, and life as it was being lived. Nemerov's inspiration is Wallace Stevens and his poem "Anecdote of the Jar," in which a single object organizes the wilderness around it in the consciousness of the poet. For Nemerov, that evening's performance of Macbeth reached across the tragedy of civil war to acknowledge the horrors and emptiness of a world it tried and ultimately failed to change.
• Titolo autorizzato: Acting in the night
• ISBN: 1-283-27728-X; 9786613277282; 0-520-94744-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458987003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II