The drama of the American short story, 1800-1865 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Collins, Michael J. (Michael James), 1984-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Short stories, American > History and criticism. American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Performance in literature. Performing arts in literature. Theater in literature. Ritual in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. America > In literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Irving brothers at the Park Theatre, 1802
"No garden of thought, nor elysium of fancy": Washington Irving's The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
The rites of pure brotherhood: fraternalism and performance in Poe and Lippard
"The rule of men entirely great": Richelieu, ritual, and republicanism in Melville's diptychs
The "child of nature," or the "wonder of the age": Melville's child prodigies
"Contending for an empire": performing sincerity in Hawthorne's New England
Epilogue: Louisa May Alcott's theatrical realism.