The portable theater
Subtitle: American literature & the nineteenth-century stage
By: Alan L. Ackerman, Jr.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "In The Portable Theater, Alan Ackerman investigates the crucial importance of theater in the works of Whitman, Herman Melville, William Dean Howells, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry James. Whether as drama critics, playwrights, amateur actors, or simply avid theatergoers, these authors thought deeply about the theater and represented it in literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-262) and index.