Performing Authorship in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour

Author:   Amanda Adams ,  Dr. Kevin Hutchings ,  Dr. Julia M. Wright
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781472416643


Pages:   178
Publication Date:   28 June 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Amanda Adams ,  Dr. Kevin Hutchings ,  Dr. Julia M. Wright
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781472416643


ISBN 10:   1472416643
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   28 June 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour and the Case of Frederick Douglass; Chapter 1 Seen and Not Heard: The Transatlantic Tours of Harriet Martineau and Harriet Beecher Stowe; Chapter 2 Performing Ownership: Dickens, Twain, and Copyright on the Transatlantic Stage; Chapter 3 Apostles in the Flesh: Arnold, Wilde, and the Reproduction of Personality in America; Chapter 4 The Voice of the Master: Henry James and the Paradox of Performance; conclusion Performing Authorship beyond the Nineteenth Century;

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'Each chapter of Amanda Adams's engaging book tells an interesting story about the emergence of literary celebrity in the second half of the nineteenth century and about the ways in which public performance represented an attempt to control textual reputations.' Andrew Taylor, University of Edinburgh, UK


’Each chapter of Amanda Adams’s engaging book tells an interesting story about the emergence of literary celebrity in the second half of the nineteenth century and about the ways in which public performance represented an attempt to control textual reputations.’ Andrew Taylor, University of Edinburgh, UK


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Amanda Adams is Assistant Professor of English at Muskingum University, USA. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century transatlantic culture, gender, and embodiment.

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