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Studies the social consequences of 19th-century America’s two most prevalent leisure forms: theatre and popular literature. Based in the historical archive, Staged Readings presents a panoramic display of mid-century leisure and entertainment.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction: The Page, the Stage, and Social Distancing in Nineteenth-Century America
  • 1. George Lippard’s “Theatre of Hell”: Apocalyptic Melodrama and Working-Class Spectatorship in the Quaker City
  • 2. A “Blue-Bottle, Fiery-Eyed Devil”: Washingtonian-Era Temperance Drama and the Making of Middle-Class Culture
  • 3. A Novel National Drama: Restaging the South, Reviving the “Tragic Mulatta” in Boucicault’s The Octoroon
  • 4. Social Stages: Performing Literature and Claiming Culture in Victorian America
  • Epilogue: “Little” Louisa
  • Notes
  • Index

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      Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 30/09/2022
      ISBN13: 9780472133178, 978-0472133178
      ISBN10: 0472133179
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Studies the social consequences of 19th-century America’s two most prevalent leisure forms: theatre and popular literature. Based in the historical archive, Staged Readings presents a panoramic display of mid-century leisure and entertainment.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction: The Page, the Stage, and Social Distancing in Nineteenth-Century America
      • 1. George Lippard’s “Theatre of Hell”: Apocalyptic Melodrama and Working-Class Spectatorship in the Quaker City
      • 2. A “Blue-Bottle, Fiery-Eyed Devil”: Washingtonian-Era Temperance Drama and the Making of Middle-Class Culture
      • 3. A Novel National Drama: Restaging the South, Reviving the “Tragic Mulatta” in Boucicault’s The Octoroon
      • 4. Social Stages: Performing Literature and Claiming Culture in Victorian America
      • Epilogue: “Little” Louisa
      • Notes
      • Index

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