Private Theatricals: The Lives of the Victorians

by Nina Auerbach

"Everyman" as actor on life's stage has been a recurrent theme in popular literature--epecially persuasive in these times of powerful electronic media, celebrity hype, and professional image-makers--but the great Victorians exuded sincerity. Nina Auerbach reminds us that all lives can be subversive performances. Charting the notable impact of the theater and theatricality on the Victorian imagination, she provocatively reexamines the concept of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674418883
• ISBN13: 9780674418882
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"