Screen LibraryJane Austen and Performance /
This is the first exploration of the performative and theatrical force of Austen s work and its afterlife, from the nineteenth century to the present. It unearths new and little-known Austen materials: from suffragette novels and pageants to school and amateur theatricals, passing through mid-twenti...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43988-4 |
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This is the first exploration of the performative and theatrical force of Austen s work and its afterlife, from the nineteenth century to the present. It unearths new and little-known Austen materials: from suffragette novels and pageants to school and amateur theatricals, passing through mid-twentieth-century representations in Scotland and America. The book concludes with an examination of Austen fandom based on an online survey conducted by the author, which elicited over 300 responses from fans across the globe. Through the lens of performative theory, this volume explores how Austen, he |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(xiv,212pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319439884 |
| Index Number: | PN750 |
| CLC: | I561.44 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- 1. Jane Austen and Suffrage -- 2. Jane Austen and the Theatre of War -- 3. Early Re-enactments -- 4. Reinscribing Emma -- 5. Jane Austen Abroad -- 6. Women s Rewritings -- 7. Jane and Fans -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Jane Austen on the Scottish Stage, 1940-1960 -- Bibliography -- Index. |