Amanda Weldy Boyd

Staging Memory and Materiality in Eighteenth-Century Theatrical Biography (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

"Staging Memory and Materiality in Eighteenth-Century Theatrical Biography" examines theatrical biography as a developing genre in eighteenth-century England. Drawing heavily on primary sources, then-contemporary reviews and archival material in the form of extra-illustrated or "scrapbooked" copies, this text investigates the increasing emphasis on materiality which was designed to consolidate, but often challenged, the biographer's authority.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783086672
• Artikelnr.: 50463305

Autorenporträt

Amanda Weldy Boyd, an adjunct associate professor of English at Hope International University, received her PhD from University of Southern California and her undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles. She specializes in eighteenth-century theatre history, teaching courses in drama as well as literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Competition and Legitimacy
Chapter One: "Davies' Name...In Fame's Brightest Page Shall on Garrick Attend": From Anonymous to Personalized Participation in the Life of David Garrick
Chapter Two: His Work, My Words: Three Posthumous Lives of Charles Macklin, Comedian
Chapter Three: Epistolary Resurrections: James Boaden and the Rise of the Professional Thespian Biographer
Epilogue: The Limits of Materially Bound Permanence
Notes
References
Index