Performing Authorship in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour: In P

Description: Performing Authorship in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour by Amanda Adams Expanding our understanding of what it meant to be a nineteenth-century author, Amanda Adams takes up the concept of performative, embodied authorship in relationship to the transatlantic lecture tour. Adams examines tours by British and American authors, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Expanding our understanding of what it meant to be a nineteenth-century author, Amanda Adams takes up the concept of performative, embodied authorship in relationship to the transatlantic lecture tour. Adams argues that these tours were a central aspect of nineteenth-century authorship, at a time when authors were becoming celebrities and celebrities were international. Spanning the years from 1834 to 1904, Adamss book examines the British lecture tours of American authors such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Mark Twain, and the American lecture tours of British writers that include Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and Matthew Arnold. Adams concludes her study with a discussion of Henry James, whose American lecture tour took place after a decades-long absence. In highlighting the wide range of authors who participated in this phenomenon, Adams makes a case for the lecture tour as a microcosm for nineteenth-century authorship in all its contradictions and complexity. Author Biography Amanda Adams is Assistant Professor of English at Muskingum University, USA. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century transatlantic culture, gender, and embodiment. Table of Contents Introduction The Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour and the Case of Frederick Douglass; Chapter 1 Seen and Not Heard: The Transatlantic Tours of Harriet Martineau and Harriet Beecher Stowe; Chapter 2 Performing Ownership: Dickens, Twain, and Copyright on the Transatlantic Stage; Chapter 3 Apostles in the Flesh: Arnold, Wilde, and the Reproduction of Personality in America; Chapter 4 The Voice of the Master: Henry James and the Paradox of Performance; conclusion Performing Authorship beyond the Nineteenth Century; Review Each chapter of Amanda Adamss engaging book tells an interesting story about the emergence of literary celebrity in the second half of the nineteenth century and about the ways in which public performance represented an attempt to control textual reputations. Andrew Taylor, University of Edinburgh, UK Long Description Expanding our understanding of what it meant to be a nineteenth-century author, Amanda Adams takes up the concept of performative, embodied authorship in relationship to the transatlantic lecture tour. Adams argues that these tours were a central aspect of nineteenth-century authorship, at a time when authors were becoming celebrities and celebrities were international. Spanning the years from 1834 to 1904, Adamss book examines the British lecture tours of American authors such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Mark Twain, and the American lecture tours of British writers that include Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and Matthew Arnold. Adams concludes her study with a discussion of Henry James, whose American lecture tour took place after a decades-long absence. In highlighting the wide range of authors who participated in this phenomenon, Adams makes a case for the lecture tour as a microcosm for nineteenth-century authorship in all its contradictions and complexity. Details ISBN1472416643 Author Amanda Adams Series Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies ISBN-10 1472416643 ISBN-13 9781472416643 Format Hardcover Subtitle In Person Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 820.9008 Illustrations Includes 3 b&w illustrations Pages 178 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Short Title PERFORMING AUTHORSHIP IN THE 1 Language English Media Book Place of Publication London Imprint Routledge UK Release Date 2014-06-28 Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-06-28 AU Release Date 2014-06-28 NZ Release Date 2014-06-28 Alternative 9781138271296 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134474023;

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