Melodramatic formations :
McConachie, Bruce A.
Melodramatic formations : American theatre and society, 1820-1870 / by Bruce A. McConachie. - 1st ed. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, �1992. - 1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) : illustrations - Studies in theatre history and culture . - Studies in theatre history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-303) and index.
The Waning of Paternalistic Theatre for the Elite, 1820-1835 -- "A Spirit of Locomotiveness" -- "Wert Thou Not Born in Fairy-land?" -- Theatre of Yeoman Independence for Jacksonians, 1830-1855 -- "The People's Verdict" -- "Freedom! Revenge or Death!" -- "The Earthquake! The Earthquake!" -- Business-Class Theatre for the Respectable, 1845-1870 -- "We Will Restore You to Society" -- "How Her Blood Tells" -- "Built to Endure."
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The middle years of the nineteenth century were a time of dynamic artistic and social changes in America. Now, Melodramatic Formations is the first study to trace these changes in popular stage melodrama's production, dramatic form, and audience reception. Bruce McConachie shows how the theatrical mutability that characterized the years 1820 to 1870 is inextricably tied to the decline of elite paternalism and republicanism and the rise of bourgeois rationalism and respectability. Taking a rigorous interdisciplinary approach, McConachie examines several historical regularities of production, ge.
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2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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1587291479 9781587291470
22573/ctt20gq7q2 JSTOR
1800-1899
Geschichte 1820-1870
Theater--History--United States--19th century.
Theater and society--United States.
Melodrama, American--History and criticism.
American drama--History and criticism.--19th century
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--History & Criticism.
American drama.
Melodrama, American.
Theater.
Theater and society.
Gesellschaft
Theater
Toneel.
Maatschappij.
United States.
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PN2248 / .M34 1992eb
792/.0973/09034
Melodramatic formations : American theatre and society, 1820-1870 / by Bruce A. McConachie. - 1st ed. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, �1992. - 1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) : illustrations - Studies in theatre history and culture . - Studies in theatre history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-303) and index.
The Waning of Paternalistic Theatre for the Elite, 1820-1835 -- "A Spirit of Locomotiveness" -- "Wert Thou Not Born in Fairy-land?" -- Theatre of Yeoman Independence for Jacksonians, 1830-1855 -- "The People's Verdict" -- "Freedom! Revenge or Death!" -- "The Earthquake! The Earthquake!" -- Business-Class Theatre for the Respectable, 1845-1870 -- "We Will Restore You to Society" -- "How Her Blood Tells" -- "Built to Endure."
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The middle years of the nineteenth century were a time of dynamic artistic and social changes in America. Now, Melodramatic Formations is the first study to trace these changes in popular stage melodrama's production, dramatic form, and audience reception. Bruce McConachie shows how the theatrical mutability that characterized the years 1820 to 1870 is inextricably tied to the decline of elite paternalism and republicanism and the rise of bourgeois rationalism and respectability. Taking a rigorous interdisciplinary approach, McConachie examines several historical regularities of production, ge.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
1587291479 9781587291470
22573/ctt20gq7q2 JSTOR
1800-1899
Geschichte 1820-1870
Theater--History--United States--19th century.
Theater and society--United States.
Melodrama, American--History and criticism.
American drama--History and criticism.--19th century
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--History & Criticism.
American drama.
Melodrama, American.
Theater.
Theater and society.
Gesellschaft
Theater
Toneel.
Maatschappij.
United States.
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PN2248 / .M34 1992eb
792/.0973/09034