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Author:
Frick, John W.
Title:
Uncle Tom's cabin on the American stage and screen / John W. Frick.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Film adaptations--History and criticism.
American fiction--19th century--Film adaptations.
Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.
Uncle Tom--(Fictitious character)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,--1811-1896.--Uncle Tom's cabin.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,--1811-1896--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,--1811-1896--Stage history.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,--1811-1896--Dramatic production.
Contents:
Halfway between sermon and social theory: the mania for "Tom mania" -- "There is no arguing with pictures": the Aiken/Howard Uncle Tom's cabin -- "A play to which no apologist for slavery could object": the Conway/Kimball/Barnum Uncle Tom's cabin -- "O' it was a sight worth seeing": Uncle Tom hits the road -- Long live Uncle Tom! Uncle Tom's cabin in the twentieth century -- Uncle Tom in middle age: from a stage tradition to the silver screen -- Epilogue: the story that won't stay dead.
Series:
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
ISBN:
9781349295647
1349295647
9781137566478
1137566477
OCLC:
(OCoLC)909924543
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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