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Author:

Litvak, Joseph.

Title:

Caught in the act : theatricality in the nineteenth-century English novel / Joseph Litvak.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

xvii, 283 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Acting in literature.
Actors in literature.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Performing arts in literature.
Theater in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Infection of acting : theatricals and theatricality in 'Mansfield Park' -- Governess as actress : the inscription of theatricality in 'Jane Eyre' -- Scenes of writing, scenes of instruction : authority and subversion in 'Villette' -- Dickens and sensationalism -- Poetry and theatricality in 'Daniel Deronda' -- Making a scene : Henry James's theater of embarrassment -- Actress, monster, novelist : figuration and counterplot in 'The Tragic muse'.

ISBN:

9780520074545 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520074548 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520074521 (alk. paper)
0520074521 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)23253052

LCCN:

91010222

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)