The preface as stage: the theatrical trope and the performance of authorial identities in the nineteenth century
This essay explores references to the theatre in prefaces by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry James. Particular emphasis is given to the way these authors employ figures such as stage manager and dramatist to reach their audiences and project authorial images. The figures in question...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/45605 |