{"product_id":"melodrama-unveiled-david-grimsted-9780520059962","title":"Melodrama Unveiled: American Theater and Culture, 1800-1850","description":"David Grimsted's \u003ci\u003eMelodrama Unveiled\u003c\/i\u003e explores early American drama to try to understand why such severely limited plays were so popular for so long. Concerned with both the plays and the dramatic settings that gave them life, Grimsted offers us rich descriptions of the interaction of performers, audiences, critics, managers, and stage mechanics. Because these plays had to appeal immediately and directly to diverse audiences, they provide dramatic clues to the least common denominator of social values and concerns. In considering both the context and content of popular culture, Grimsted's book suggests how theater reflected the rapidly changing society of antebellum America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Grimsted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520059964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520059962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.07w x 0.84d","brand":"David Grimsted","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250439377151,"sku":"9780520059962","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bad6898-896e-45cd-96a0-be19acebd92f.jpg?v=1729600323","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/melodrama-unveiled-david-grimsted-9780520059962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}