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American Vaudeville

Hilsabeck, Geoffrey (author.). Sante, Lucy, (writer of foreword.). Project Muse. (distributor.).

Summary: "At the heart of American Vaudeville is one strange, unsettling fact: for nearly fifty years, from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s, vaudeville was everywhere-then, suddenly, it was nowhere. This book tells the story of what was once the most popular form of entertainment in the country using lists, creation myths, thumbnail biographies, dreams, and obituaries. A lyric history-part social history, part song-American Vaudeville sits at the nexus between poetry, experimental nonfiction, and, because it includes historic images, art books"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781952271069
ISBN: 1952271061
ISBN: 9781952271076
ISBN: 195227107X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 146 pages ) illustrations.
remote
Computer data.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2021.
Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
Copyright: 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Creation myths -- Vanishing act -- Just what was vaudeville? -- At the wonderland -- Dreamsweat -- Jacks-in-the-pew -- Bright particular star -- The Jonah Man -- The muting of the strings -- Obituaries and obsolescencies -- The playhouse -- History.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.