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1 online resource (xvi, 229 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Theater in the Americas
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Theater in the Americas.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index. |
| Contents |
British drama and the colonial American stage -- American drama of the new republic -- Drama in the age of Jackson -- The age of melodrama -- Realism and American drama. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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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 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
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 r. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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American drama. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
American drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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English drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English drama. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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United States. |
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Intellectual life. |
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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United States -- In literature.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Tice L. Entertaining the nation. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2007 9780809327782 0809327783 (DLC) 2007003970 (OCoLC)81252741 |
| ISBN |
9781435663503 (electronic book) |
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1435663500 (electronic book) |
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9780809387489 |
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0809387484 |
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9780809327782 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0809327783 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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