| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages). |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 20 |
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 20.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-222) and index. |
| Summary |
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 relation 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 explores the paradoxically rich performative potential in Dickens's fiction, and describes new ways to stage that fiction in emotionally powerful, critically acute adaptations. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Set up. Dickens, adaptation and Grotowski. ... as upon a theatre -- part II. Flashback. ... to be a Shakespeare. Exit: "the sanguine mirage" -- part III. Resolution. How to do it. Coda. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Knowledge -- Performances.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Adaptations.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. (OCoLC)fst00028294
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Dickens, Charles.
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Performing arts -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Performing arts in literature.
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Stage adaptations.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Performing arts. (OCoLC)fst01057887
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Performing arts in literature. (OCoLC)fst01057956
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Stage adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01432102
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Toneelbewerkingen.
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Toneel.
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Theater.
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Aufführung.
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Roman.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01423910
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Glavin, John. After Dickens. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521633222 (DLC) 98021975 (OCoLC)39169942 |
| ISBN |
0511003706 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511003707 (electronic bk.) |
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0511035985 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader) |
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9780511035982 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader) |
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0511117132 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511117138 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511484810 (electronic bk.) |
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051148481X (electronic bk.) |
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