Title: The portable theater
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: American literature, History and criticism, Theater, History, Theater, united states, history
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PS201 .A28 1999