Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic |
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| Author:
| Richards, Jeffrey H. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-84746-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic explores how the drama and theatre of the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-centuries in the United States mirrored the problems of establishing national and individual identity in post-revolutionary society. By examining plays both inside and outside the early American 'canon', this book confronts matters of political, ethnic, and cultural identity by moving from play text to theatrical context, and from historical event to...
More DescriptionDrama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic explores how the drama and theatre of the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-centuries in the United States mirrored the problems of establishing national and individual identity in post-revolutionary society. By examining plays both inside and outside the early American 'canon', this book confronts matters of political, ethnic, and cultural identity by moving from play text to theatrical context, and from historical event to audience demography.