Exhibiting the Victorians: Melodrama and Modernity in Post Civil War American Show Prints
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu1492597153224742021-08-03T07:01:44Z Exhibiting the Victorians: Melodrama and Modernity in Post Civil War American Show Prints Tener, John V. Theater History Theater Studies Theater theatre drama stage melodrama spectacle theatrical paratext nineteenth-century woodcut modernity Victorian society nineteenth-century popular culture This is a study of theatrical advertising prints and the culture that produced them. The prints in question were first published as a catalog of woodcuts in facsimile by the Ledger Job Printing Office of Philadelphia in 1869, and distributed among theatrical agents on speculation. Their existence, subject matter, mode of production, and the period in which they were produced is significant. The shifts underway in the theatrical paradigm were emblematic of shifts affecting society at large. The railroad was aggressively transforming the structure of the American Theatre; touring productions were displacing and destabilizing the stock company system; and the stage was ceding its space to the spectacle-thrill moments of sensation melodrama. Similar changes were occurring throughout society for the benefit of a new commerce. Just as country life was becoming a relic of the past, so too were the remnants of pre-industrial business practices. The Ledger catalog stands at a critical juncture in this transformation. 2017-08-03 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu149259715322474 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu149259715322474 restricted--full text unavailable until 2022-05-08 This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Theater History Theater Studies Theater theatre drama stage melodrama spectacle theatrical paratext nineteenth-century woodcut modernity Victorian society nineteenth-century popular culture Tener, John V. Exhibiting the Victorians: Melodrama and Modernity in Post Civil War American Show Prints |
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