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Author Mortara, Elèna.

Title Writing for justice : Victor Sejour, the Mortara case, and the age of transatlantic emancipations / Elena Mortara.

Publication Info. Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource.
Series Re-mapping the transnational: a Dartmouth series in American Studies
Re-mapping the transnational: a Dartmouth series in American Studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Machine generated contents note: part I A CREOLE AMERICAN WRITER IN PARIS -- 1. From New Orleans to France: Sejour's Early Life and "Le Mulatre" -- 2. Diegarias, a Mixed-Identity Tragedy -- 3. Poet, Playwright, and Double Endings in 1859 -- pt. II IN THE ACE OF EMANCIPATIONS: THE MORTARA CASE AND A WRITER'S CONSCIENCE -- 4. La Tireuse de cartes: The Mortara Case and Artistic Passing -- 5.A Catholic Playwright and His Plea to the Pope -- 6. Plot and Conflicts on Stage in La Tireuse de cartes -- 7. Mulatta Figures in French and American Literature, 1834-1853: Gender, Race, and Identity -- 8. The Gender Issue in the Play -- 9. Torn between Belongings -- 10. Revenge vs. Forgiveness in Shakespeare and Sejour -- 11. Censorship, History, and the Drama's Denouement -- 12. Contemporary Performances and Reviews in France and Italy -- 13. An Age of Transatlantic Emancipations -- 14. Rise and Fall of an Expatriate Playwright -- "This Shakespeare of the Boulevard" -- 15.A Writer's Indignant Conscience -- pt. III WHEN IT SNOWS HISTORY -- 16. Family Recollections: A Personal Note -- Appendix: A Note on the Texts -- 1."The Mortara Case," New York Times, December 4, 1858 -- 2. Penina Moise, "Tribute of Condolence," Jewish Messenger, December 24, 1858 -- 3. Adah Isaacs Menken, "To the Sons of Israel," Israelite, January 28, 1859 -- 4. Victor Sejour, Preface to La Tireuse de cartes (1860).
Subject Mortara, Pio, 1851-1940.
Séjour, Victor, 1817-1874.
Mortara, Pio, 1851-1940. (OCoLC)fst01836087
Séjour, Victor, 1817-1874. (OCoLC)fst00382007
Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.
Dramatists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
DRAMA -- Continental European.
Americans. (OCoLC)fst00807488
Dramatists, American. (OCoLC)fst00897556
France -- Paris. (OCoLC)fst01205283
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Mortara, Elèna. Writing for justice. Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2015] (DLC) 2015017332
ISBN 9781611687910 (electronic bk.)
1611687918 (electronic bk.)
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