Spectacles of Reform : Theater and Activism in Nineteenth-Century America.

Title:

Author:

Hughes, Amy E.

ISBN:

9780472028894

Personal Author:

Hughes, Amy E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Contents:

Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Body as/in/at the Spectacle -- Chapter 2. The Delirium Tremens: Spectacular Insanity in The Drunkard -- Chapter 3. The Fugitive Slave: Eliza's Flight in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Chapter 4. The Railroad Rescue: Suffrage and Citizenship in Under the Gaslight -- Afterword: Our Sensations, Our Heroes, Our Freaks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Abstract:

Reveals the crucial role that spectacle played in American activism and reform movements in the 1800s.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

American drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

Spectacular, The -- History -- 19th century.

Spectacular, The, in literature.

Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

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