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Author:

Nemerov, Alexander.

Title:

Acting in the night : Macbeth and the places of the Civil War / Alexander Nemerov.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Theater and the war.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Theater and the war.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Theater and society--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
Theater--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Stage history--United States.
Washington (D.C.)--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Virginia--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Virginia--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

"Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: a drop that dyes the seas -- A stone's throw : Charlotte Cushman -- The flame of place : Abraham Lincoln -- The glass case : interior life in Washington, D.C. -- Acoustic shadows : the Battle of Bristoe Station -- Center of echoes : Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia -- Ghosts : the death of Colonel Thomas Ruffin, October 17, 1863 -- Sound and fury : nature in Virginia.

ISBN:

0520251865 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520251861 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)551198441

LCCN:

2010008817

Locations:

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

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)