New World Drama The Performative Commons in the Atlantic World, 1649-1849 |
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| Author:
| Dillon, Elizabeth Maddock |
| Series title: | New Americanists Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-5324-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $107.95 |
Book Description:
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Elizabeth Maddock Dillon explores how new publics were convened and contested around the riotous theatre scenes of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, from England to the Caribbean to the early United States. In the process, she develops a capacious account of performance, aesthetics, and modernity.
Elizabeth Maddock Dillon explores how new publics were convened and contested around the riotous theatre scenes of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, from England to the Caribbean to the early United States. In the process, she develops a capacious account of performance, aesthetics, and modernity.