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- catalog abstract ""In From Traveling Show to Vaudeville, Robert M. Lewis has assembled a remarkable collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century primary sources that document America's age of theatrical spectacle. In eight parts, Lewis explores, in turn, dime museums, minstrelsy, circuses, melodramas, burlesque shows, Wild West shows, amusement parks, and vaudeville." "Included in this compendium are biographies, programs, ephemera produced by theatrical entrepreneurs to lure audiences to their shows, photographs, scripts, and song lyrics as well as newspaper accounts, reviews, and interviews with such figures as P.T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill Cody. Lewis also gives us reminiscences about and reactions to various shows by members of audiences, including such prominent writers as Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, O. Henry, and Maxim Gorky. Each section also includes a concise introduction that places the genre of spectacle into its historical and cultural context and suggests major interpretive themes. The book closes with a bibliographic essay that identifies relevant scholarly works." "Many of the pieces collected here have not been published since their first appearance, making the book an indispensable resource for historians of popular culture, theater, and nineteenth-century American society."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13026690.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In From Traveling Show to Vaudeville, Robert M. Lewis has assembled a remarkable collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century primary sources that document America's age of theatrical spectacle. In eight parts, Lewis explores, in turn, dime museums, minstrelsy, circuses, melodramas, burlesque shows, Wild West shows, amusement parks, and vaudeville." "Included in this compendium are biographies, programs, ephemera produced by theatrical entrepreneurs to lure audiences to their shows, photographs, scripts, and song lyrics as well as newspaper accounts, reviews, and interviews with such figures as P.T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill Cody. Lewis also gives us reminiscences about and reactions to various shows by members of audiences, including such prominent writers as Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, O. Henry, and Maxim Gorky. Each section also includes a concise introduction that places the genre of spectacle into its historical and cultural context and suggests major interpretive themes. The book closes with a bibliographic essay that identifies relevant scholarly works." "Many of the pieces collected here have not been published since their first appearance, making the book an indispensable resource for historians of popular culture, theater, and nineteenth-century American society."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The dime museum -- Minstrelsy -- The circus -- Melodrama -- "Leg show" burlesque extravaganzas -- The Wild West show -- Summer amusement parks -- Vaudeville.".
- catalog extent "xii, 384 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801870879 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791/.0973/09034 21".
- catalog subject "PN2245 .E57 2003".
- catalog subject "Performing arts United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Performing arts United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The dime museum -- Minstrelsy -- The circus -- Melodrama -- "Leg show" burlesque extravaganzas -- The Wild West show -- Summer amusement parks -- Vaudeville.".
- catalog title "From traveling show to vaudeville : theatrical spectacle in America,, 1830-1910 / edited by Robert M. Lewis.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".