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BL
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990716
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b745086
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Walker, Julia A.,1964-
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Expressionism and modernism in the American theatre : : bodies, voices, words /\ Julia A. Walker.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ;; 21
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1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0511125186
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: 9786610458370
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0521847478
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; 1 Bodies: actors and artistic agency on the nineteenth-century stage; 2 Voices: oratory, expression, and the text/performance split; 3 Words: copyright and the creation of the performance "text"; Part II: Introduction; 4 The "unconscious autobiography" of Eugene O'Neill; 5 Elmer Rice and the cinematic imagination; 6 "I love a parade!": John Howard Lawson's minstrel burlesque of the American Dream; 7 Sophie Treadwell's "pretty hands"; Epilogue: "modern times"; Notes.
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| Abstract
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This study addresses the direct influence on American theatre of new technologies at the turn of the twentieth century. Walker argues that a specific form of drama - expressionism - developed in response to these technologies and to popular fears about them.
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Fürstliches Schauspielhaus, Bad Pyrmont
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
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American drama-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Expressionism in literature.
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Modernism (Literature)-- United States.
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Theater-- United States.
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20e siècle.
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American drama.
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DRAMA-- American.
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Dramaturgie.
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Expressionism in literature.
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Expressionismus
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Expressionnisme.
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Moderne
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Modernism (Literature)
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Modernisme (Littérature)
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Theater
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Theater.
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Théâtre américain (Littérature)
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États-Unis.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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812.5209115
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| LC Classification
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PS338.M63W35 2005eb
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HU 1770rvk
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HU 1784rvk
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