The Resource Provocative eloquence : theater, violence, and antislavery speech in the antebellum United States, Laura L. Mielke
Provocative eloquence : theater, violence, and antislavery speech in the antebellum United States, Laura L. Mielke
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- Summary
- "In the mid-19th century, rhetoric surrounding slavery was permeated by violence. Slavery's defenders often used brute force to suppress opponents, and even those abolitionists dedicated to pacifism drew upon visions of widespread destruction. Provocative Eloquence recounts how the theater, long an arena for heightened eloquence and physical contest, proved terribly relevant in the lead up to the Civil War. As antislavery speech and open conflict intertwined, the nation became a stage. The book brings together notions of intertextuality and interperformativity to understand how the confluence of oratorical and theatrical practices in the antebellum period reflected the conflict over slavery and deeply influenced the language that barely contained that conflict. The book draws on a wide range of work in performance studies, theater history, black performance theory, oratorical studies, and literature and law to provide a new narrative of the interaction of oratorical, theatrical, and literary histories of the nineteenth-century U.S."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 284 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction. Provocative eloquence and the Antebellum scene
- Edwin Forrest and heroic oratory
- William Wells Brown, Mary Webb, and the emergence of dramatic suasion
- Martyred eloquence and stagings of Dred
- Portia's eloquence and the law in racial melodrama
- Staging John Brown in eloquence and action
- Isbn
- 9780472131051
- Label
- Provocative eloquence : theater, violence, and antislavery speech in the antebellum United States
- Title
- Provocative eloquence
- Title remainder
- theater, violence, and antislavery speech in the antebellum United States
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura L. Mielke
- Subject
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- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- History
- History
- Theater
- Theater
- Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Theater and society
- 1800-1899
- Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- United States
- Violence in literature
- Violence in literature
- Violence in literature
- Theater and society
- Antislavery movements
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the mid-19th century, rhetoric surrounding slavery was permeated by violence. Slavery's defenders often used brute force to suppress opponents, and even those abolitionists dedicated to pacifism drew upon visions of widespread destruction. Provocative Eloquence recounts how the theater, long an arena for heightened eloquence and physical contest, proved terribly relevant in the lead up to the Civil War. As antislavery speech and open conflict intertwined, the nation became a stage. The book brings together notions of intertextuality and interperformativity to understand how the confluence of oratorical and theatrical practices in the antebellum period reflected the conflict over slavery and deeply influenced the language that barely contained that conflict. The book draws on a wide range of work in performance studies, theater history, black performance theory, oratorical studies, and literature and law to provide a new narrative of the interaction of oratorical, theatrical, and literary histories of the nineteenth-century U.S."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
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- Mielke, Laura L
- Dewey number
- 792.0973/09034
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN2248
- LC item number
- .M54 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Theater
- Theater and society
- Antislavery movements
- Violence in literature
- Antislavery movements
- Theater
- Theater and society
- Violence in literature
- United States
- Label
- Provocative eloquence : theater, violence, and antislavery speech in the antebellum United States, Laura L. Mielke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Provocative eloquence and the Antebellum scene -- Edwin Forrest and heroic oratory -- William Wells Brown, Mary Webb, and the emergence of dramatic suasion -- Martyred eloquence and stagings of Dred -- Portia's eloquence and the law in racial melodrama -- Staging John Brown in eloquence and action
- Control code
- 1055261294
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 284 pages
- Isbn
- 9780472131051
- Lccn
- 2018056748
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028950078
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1055261294
- Label
- Provocative eloquence : theater, violence, and antislavery speech in the antebellum United States, Laura L. Mielke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Provocative eloquence and the Antebellum scene -- Edwin Forrest and heroic oratory -- William Wells Brown, Mary Webb, and the emergence of dramatic suasion -- Martyred eloquence and stagings of Dred -- Portia's eloquence and the law in racial melodrama -- Staging John Brown in eloquence and action
- Control code
- 1055261294
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 284 pages
- Isbn
- 9780472131051
- Lccn
- 2018056748
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028950078
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1055261294
Subject
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- History
- History
- Theater
- Theater
- Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Theater and society
- 1800-1899
- Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- United States
- Violence in literature
- Violence in literature
- Violence in literature
- Theater and society
- Antislavery movements
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