The drama of the American short story, 1800-1865 / / Michael J. Collins

• Autore: Collins Michael J (Michael James), <1984->
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2016]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 813/.010903
• Soggetto topico: Short stories, American - History and criticism; American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; Performance in literature; Performing arts in literature; Theater in literature; Ritual in literature; National characteristics, American, in literature
• Soggetto geografico: America In literature
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 251-270).
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: The Irving brothers at the Park Theatre, 1802 -- "No garden of thought, nor elysium of fancy": Washington Irving's The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent -- The rites of pure brotherhood: fraternalism and performance in Poe and Lippard -- "The rule of men entirely great": Richelieu, ritual, and republicanism in Melville's diptychs -- The "child of nature," or the "wonder of the age": Melville's child prodigies -- "Contending for an empire": performing sincerity in Hawthorne's New England -- Epilogue: Louisa May Alcott's theatrical realism.
• Titolo autorizzato: The drama of the American short story, 1800-1865
• ISBN: 0-472-12216-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910151624503321
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