Isbn: 9780521032377 - after dickens: reading, adaptation and performance (cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture, 20, band 20) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780521032377.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. A study of Dickens's hostility to theatre and theatricality alongside the huge performative potential of his fiction. Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400. . 2008. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - After Dickens is both a performative reading of Dickens the novelist and an exploration of the potential for adaptive performance of the novels themselves. John Glavin conducts a historical inquiry into Dickens's relationship to the theatre and theatricality of his own time, and uncovers a much more ambivalent, often hostile, relationship than has hitherto been noticed. In this context, Dickens's novels can be seen as a form of counter-performance, one which would allow the author to perform without being seen or scrutinized. But Glavin also identifies a rich performative potential in Dickens's fiction, and describes new ways to stage that fiction in emotionally powerful, critically acute adaptations. The book as a whole, therefore, offers a reading of Dickens through an unusual alliance between literary criticism and theatrical performance.…