Research Catalog

Title

Spectacles of reform [electronic resource] : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / Amy E. Hughes.

Author

Hughes, Amy.

Publication

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.

Details

Description

1 online resource (x, 248 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Spectacles of reform (Online)

Alternative Title

Spectacles of reform (Online)

Subject

• Theater > United States > History > 19th century
• Theater and society > United States > History > 19th century
• American drama > 19th century > History and criticism
• Spectacular, The, in literature
• Spectacular, The > History > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

The body as/in/at the spectacle -- The delirium tremens: spectacular insanity in The drunkard -- The fugitive slave: Eliza's flight in Uncle Tom's cabin -- The railroad rescue: suffrage and citizenship in Under the gaslight -- Afterword: our sensations, our heroes, our freaks.

LCCN

2012033645

OCLC

ssj0000804865

Author

Hughes, Amy.

Title

Spectacles of reform [electronic resource] : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / Amy E. Hughes.

Imprint

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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