| Description |
1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: a drop that dyes the seas -- A stone's throw : Charlotte Cushman -- The flame of place : Abraham Lincoln -- The glass case : interior life in Washington, D.C. -- Acoustic shadows : the Battle of Bristoe Station -- Center of echoes : Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia -- Ghosts : the death of Colonel Thomas Ruffin, October 17, 1863 -- Sound and fury : nature in Virginia. |
| Summary |
What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? Alexander Nemerov takes a performance of Macbeth in Washington, DC on October 17, 1863--with Abraham Lincoln in attendance--to explore this question and illuminate American art, politics, technology, and life as it was being lived. Nemerov's inspiration is Wallace Stevens and his poem "Anecdote of the Jar," in which a single object organizes the wilderness around it in the consciousness of the poet. For Nemerov, that evening's performance of Macbeth reached across the tragedy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- United States.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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United States. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Shakespeare, William. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Macbeth (Shakespeare, William) |
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Shakespeare, William. |
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Macbeth. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Theater and the war.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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Theater and society -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Theater and society. |
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Washington (D.C.) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Theater. |
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Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Demonstration (Washington, D.C. : 1971) |
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Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Virginia. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nemerov, Alexander. Acting in the night. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520251861 (DLC) 2010008817 (OCoLC)551198441 |
| ISBN |
9780520947443 (electronic book) |
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0520947444 (electronic book) |
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128327728X |
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9781283277280 |
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9780520251861 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520251865 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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