TY  - BOOK
AU  - McConachie,Bruce A.
TI  - Melodramatic formations: American theatre and society, 1820-1870 
T2  - Studies in theatre history and culture
SN  - 1587291479
AV  - PN2248 .M34 1992eb
U1  - 792/.0973/09034 20
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Iowa City
PB  - University of Iowa Press
KW  - Theater
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Theater and society
KW  - Melodrama, American
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - American drama
KW  - Théâtre
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Théâtre et société
KW  - Théâtre américain
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS
KW  - History & Criticism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Gesellschaft
KW  - gnd
KW  - Toneel
KW  - gtt
KW  - Maatschappij
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-303) and index; The Waning of Paternalistic Theatre for the Elite, 1820-1835 -- "A Spirit of Locomotiveness" -- "Wert Thou Not Born in Fairy-land?" -- Theatre of Yeoman Independence for Jacksonians, 1830-1855 -- "The People's Verdict" -- "Freedom! Revenge or Death!" -- "The Earthquake! The Earthquake!" -- Business-Class Theatre for the Respectable, 1845-1870 -- "We Will Restore You to Society" -- "How Her Blood Tells" -- "Built to Endure."; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - The middle years of the nineteenth century were a time of dynamic artistic and social changes in America. Now, Melodramatic Formations is the first study to trace these changes in popular stage melodrama's production, dramatic form, and audience reception. Bruce McConachie shows how the theatrical mutability that characterized the years 1820 to 1870 is inextricably tied to the decline of elite paternalism and republicanism and the rise of bourgeois rationalism and respectability. Taking a rigorous interdisciplinary approach, McConachie examines several historical regularities of production, ge
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