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Author Allen, Emily, 1964-

Title Theater figures : the production of the nineteenth-century British novel / Emily Allen.

Imprint Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  823.809357 Al53t 2003    ---  Available
Description viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-243) and index.
Contents Theatrical reforms: Stage fright and the scene of reading -- Staging a comeback: The remasculinization of the novel -- Heimlich maneuvers: Domesticity, theatricality, and the abject -- Mesdames Bovary: Performative reading, cultural capital, and high art -- Performing distinction: Elevating the literary sphere.
Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Performing arts in literature.
Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Theater in literature.
Actors in literature.
ISBN 0814251102 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814209319 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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