Melodrama Unveiled: American Theater & Culture 1800-1850
by David Grimsted
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+ in VG+ dust jacket
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About This Item
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. VG+ in VG+ dust jacket. Fuchsia cloth hardcover, light wear, clean and tightly bound with foxing to text block edges (o.w. Near Fine), contents bright clean and unmarked. Dust jacket with light wear and sunning, clean, not price-clipped.
David Grimsted's Melodrama Unveiled explores early American drama to try to understand why such severely limited plays were so popular for so long. Concerned with both the plays and the dramatic settings that gave them life, Grimsted offers us rich descriptions of the interaction of performers, audiences, critics, managers, and stage mechanics. Because these plays had to appeal immediately and directly to diverse audiences, they provide dramatic clues to the least common denominator of social values and concerns. In considering both the context and content of popular culture, Grimsted's book suggests how theater reflected the rapidly changing society of antebellum America.
David Grimsted's Melodrama Unveiled explores early American drama to try to understand why such severely limited plays were so popular for so long. Concerned with both the plays and the dramatic settings that gave them life, Grimsted offers us rich descriptions of the interaction of performers, audiences, critics, managers, and stage mechanics. Because these plays had to appeal immediately and directly to diverse audiences, they provide dramatic clues to the least common denominator of social values and concerns. In considering both the context and content of popular culture, Grimsted's book suggests how theater reflected the rapidly changing society of antebellum America.
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- North Country Books (US)
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- 11959
- Title
- Melodrama Unveiled: American Theater & Culture 1800-1850
- Author
- David Grimsted
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+ in VG+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1968
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- Music;
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