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English American Drama And Theater History Chiefly 18th 19th Century And 18th Century English Literature
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Book Synopsis English & American Drama and Theater History (chiefly 18th & 19th Century) and 18th Century English Literature by :
Download or read book English & American Drama and Theater History (chiefly 18th & 19th Century) and 18th Century English Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis English & American Drama and Theater History by : Swann Galleries, inc
Download or read book English & American Drama and Theater History written by Swann Galleries, inc and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Entertaining the Nation by : Tice L. Miller
Download or read book Entertaining the Nation written by Tice L. Miller and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this survey of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American drama, Tice L. Miller examines American plays written before a canon was established in American dramatic literature and provides analyses central to the culture that produced them. Entertaining the Nation: American Drama in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries evaluates plays in the early years of the republic, reveals shifts in taste from the classical to the contemporary in the 1840s and 1850s, and considers the increasing influence of realism at the end of the nineteenth century. Miller explores the relationship between American drama and societal issues during this period. While never completely shedding its English roots, says Miller, the American drama addressed issues important on this side of the Atlantic such as egalitarianism, republicanism, immigration, slavery, the West, Wall Street, and the Civil War. In considering the theme of egalitarianism, the volume notes Alexis de Tocqueville’s observation in 1831 that equality was more important to Americans than liberty. Also addressed is the Yankee character, which became a staple in American comedy for much of the nineteenth century. Miller analyzes several English plays and notes how David Garrick’s reforms in London were carried over to the colonies. Garrick faced an increasingly middle-class public, offers Miller, and had to make adjustments to plays and to his repertory to draw an audience. The volumealso looks at the shift in drama that paralleled the one in political power from the aristocrats who founded the nation to Jacksonian democrats. Miller traces how the proliferation of newspapers developed a demand for plays that reflected contemporary society and details how playwrights scrambled to put those symbols of the outside world on stage to appeal to the public. Steamships and trains, slavery and adaptations of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and French influences are presented as popular subjects during that time. Entertaining the Nation effectively outlines the civilizing force of drama in the establishment and development of the nation, ameliorating differences among the various theatergoing classes, and provides a microcosm of the changes on and off the stage in America during these two centuries.
Book Synopsis 18th- and 19th- Century American Drama by : Robert Allan Gates
Download or read book 18th- and 19th- Century American Drama written by Robert Allan Gates and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1984 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Bunkers-Hill (Hugh Henry Brackenridge); The Contrast (Royall Tyler); Andre (William Dunlap); Superstition (James Nelson Barker); The Octoroon (Dion Doucicault); and Shore Acres (James A Herne).
Book Synopsis American Drama From the Colonial Period Through World War I by : Gary A. Richardson
Download or read book American Drama From the Colonial Period Through World War I written by Gary A. Richardson and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though previously ignored as the nation's literary stepchild, the country's early drama emerges in American Drama from the Colonial Period through World War I as a dynamic cultural institution in which the social, political, economic, and artistic issues of the moment found representation for diverse, often contentious audiences. Suggesting the need to reexamine these neglected works, Gary A. Richardson argues that a more contemporary critical perspective results in a greater understanding of these plays' impact upon their original audiences, a clearer sense of the achievements of their authors, and the recovery of a long-lost segment of America's heritage. The volume moves chronologically through the nation's dramatic history, balancing observations about formal, aesthetic, and theatrical concerns with an examination of the influence of broad cultural forces upon the direction of the drama. Beginning with theater and drama's emergence in the colonial period, Richardson explores drama's role in the American Revolution and, later, the nationalistic efforts of William Dunlap and James Nelson Barker to create a uniquely American drama. He continues by counterpointing the romantic configurations of William Howard Payne, Robert Montgomery Bird, and George Henry Boker with the work of writers such as James Kirke Paulding, John Augustus Stone, Joseph S. Jones, and George Aiken, who developed distinctly American character types and themes specifically designed to appeal to a popular audience. Richardson next highlights the complex cultural business of the melodramas of Dion Boucicault, Augustin Daly, David Belasco, Joaquin Miller, and Bronson Howard and the fitful emergence of a realistic dramain the plays of William Dean Howells, Steele MacKaye, James A. Herne, and William Gillette. He ends by examining the turn-of-the century works of Langdon Mitchell, Clyde Fitch, William Vaughn Moody, Edward Sheldon, Rachel Crothers, and Susan Glaspell, the writers who set the stage for the appearance of such modern masters as Eugene O'Neill. A concise history of the genre, American Drama from the Colonial Period through World War I is essential reading for students and scholars interested in the dramatic foundations of American culture. A selected bibliography, a detailed chronology of world events and major plays, and period illustrations of several productions are included.
Book Synopsis The 26 Principal Theatre Collections in American Libraries and Museums by : George Freedley
Download or read book The 26 Principal Theatre Collections in American Libraries and Museums written by George Freedley and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Introductory Study of the American People of the 18th Century Through Their Drama and Theatrical History by : Charles Lowell Lees
Download or read book An Introductory Study of the American People of the 18th Century Through Their Drama and Theatrical History written by Charles Lowell Lees and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama, 1800-1850 by : Allardyce Nicoll
Download or read book A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama, 1800-1850 written by Allardyce Nicoll and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Collection of Programmes, Criticisms and Miscellaneous Items Concerning Plays Produced Chiefly in America in the 19th Century. by :
Download or read book Collection of Programmes, Criticisms and Miscellaneous Items Concerning Plays Produced Chiefly in America in the 19th Century. written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subject Collections written by and published by New York : R.R. Bowker Company. This book was released on 1985 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bulletin of the New York Public Library by : New York Public Library
Download or read book Bulletin of the New York Public Library written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Book Synopsis English Theatre, 18Th-19Th Century (By C. Dibdin and Others). by :
Download or read book English Theatre, 18Th-19Th Century (By C. Dibdin and Others). written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dramatic Bibliography written by and published by 清华大学出版社有限公司. This book was released on 1933 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis ... History of the Drama by : Federal Theatre Project (U.S.). Florida
Download or read book ... History of the Drama written by Federal Theatre Project (U.S.). Florida and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Directory of American Scholars by : Xerox Education Publications
Download or read book Directory of American Scholars written by Xerox Education Publications and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subject Collections written by Lee Ash and published by New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker. This book was released on 1993 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subtitled A Guide to Special Book Collections and Subject Emphases as Reported by University, College, Public, and Special Libraries and Museums in the United States and Canada, previous editions of this standard reference for the library community, the antiquarian book trade, and archival and muse
Book Synopsis Subject Headings Used in the Dictionary Catalogs of the Library of Congress [from 1897 Through June 1964] by : Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division
Download or read book Subject Headings Used in the Dictionary Catalogs of the Library of Congress [from 1897 Through June 1964] written by Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: