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, Adams’s 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.
| ISBN: | 9781138271296 |
| Publication date: | 25th November 2016 |
| Author: | Amanda Adams |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 178 pages |
| Series: | Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: general Theatre studies Literature: history and criticism |
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, Adams’s 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.
Performing Authorship in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: general, Theatre studies, Literature: history and criticism
Performing Authorship in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Performing Authorship in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour was written by Amanda Adams and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Performing Authorship in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour has 178 pages
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