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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Re-mapping the transnational: a Dartmouth series in American Studies
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Re-mapping the transnational: a Dartmouth series in American Studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I A CREOLE AMERICAN WRITER IN PARIS -- 1. From New Orleans to France: Sejour's Early Life and "Le Mulatre" -- 2. Diegarias, a Mixed-Identity Tragedy -- 3. Poet, Playwright, and Double Endings in 1859 -- pt. II IN THE ACE OF EMANCIPATIONS: THE MORTARA CASE AND A WRITER'S CONSCIENCE -- 4. La Tireuse de cartes: The Mortara Case and Artistic Passing -- 5.A Catholic Playwright and His Plea to the Pope -- 6. Plot and Conflicts on Stage in La Tireuse de cartes -- 7. Mulatta Figures in French and American Literature, 1834-1853: Gender, Race, and Identity -- 8. The Gender Issue in the Play -- 9. Torn between Belongings -- 10. Revenge vs. Forgiveness in Shakespeare and Sejour -- 11. Censorship, History, and the Drama's Denouement -- 12. Contemporary Performances and Reviews in France and Italy -- 13. An Age of Transatlantic Emancipations -- 14. Rise and Fall of an Expatriate Playwright -- "This Shakespeare of the Boulevard" -- 15.A Writer's Indignant Conscience -- pt. III WHEN IT SNOWS HISTORY -- 16. Family Recollections: A Personal Note -- Appendix: A Note on the Texts -- 1."The Mortara Case," New York Times, December 4, 1858 -- 2. Penina Moise, "Tribute of Condolence," Jewish Messenger, December 24, 1858 -- 3. Adah Isaacs Menken, "To the Sons of Israel," Israelite, January 28, 1859 -- 4. Victor Sejour, Preface to La Tireuse de cartes (1860). |
| Summary |
Transnational battles for freedom and a personal work of remembrance. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mortara, Pio, 1851-1940.
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Mortara, Pio, 1851-1940. |
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Séjour, Victor, 1817-1874.
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Séjour, Victor, 1817-1874. |
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Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.
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Americans. |
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France -- Paris. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Dramatists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Dramatists, American. |
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Biographies.
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mortara, Elèna. Writing for justice. Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2015] (DLC) 2015017332 |
| ISBN |
9781611687910 (electronic book) |
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1611687918 (electronic book) |
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9781611687897 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781611687903 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1611687896 |
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161168790X |
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