The Orient on the Victorian Stage

ISBN-13: 9780521818292 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 246 str.

Edward Ziter

Opis

Edward Ziter explores the impact of the Middle East and the "Orient," (as it was known), on writing and performance in nineteenth-century British theater and how these portrayals influenced public perception of the region. British audiences marvelled at depictions of desert storms and harem dances as well as scenes of the Nile and colonial armies throughout the nineteenth century. Ziter extends his study from the Romantic through to the late-Victorian period, including taking in melodrama, pantomime, ballet, and opera, as well as museum displays and exhibitions.

Recenzje

"...this is still a timely, thought-provoking, and thoroughly impressive work." Victorian Studies

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'real sets', geography, and race; 1. Spectacle and surveillance in orientalist panoramas; 2. Fantasies of miscegenation on the romantic stage; 3. The built-out East of popular ethnography; 4. The biblical East in theatres and exhibitions; 5. The geography of Imperial theatre; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.