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Victorians on Broadway : literature, adaptation, and the modern American musical /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weltman, Sharon Aronofsky, 1957- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Musicals > United States > 20th century > History and criticism.
Musical theater > United States > History > 20th century.
English literature > 19th century > Influence.
Musicals > Stories, plots, etc.
1800-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Broadway, Victorian Venus, and the Middlebrow
  • 2. The King and Who?
  • 3. Performing Jewishness in Oliver!
  • 4. Dickens, Cultural Anxiety, and Victorianness in Sweeney Todd
  • 5. The Meta-Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • 6. Goblin Market, Performance, and Sexuality
  • 7. "Bring on the Men" and Women
  • 8. Broadway's "Jane! Jane! Jane!"
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index