Dickens and Shakespeare and Longfellow, Oh My!: Staging the Fan Canon at the Nineteenth-Century Authors’ Carnivals
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DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajad005
Abstract: Beginning in the 1870s, the short-lived fad of “Authors’ Carnivals” swept through American cities. At each carnival, hundreds of locals costumed themselves as famous literary characters, performing amateur theatricals and tableaux vivants based on their… read more here.
Keywords: nineteenth century; shakespeare longfellow; authors carnivals; fan ... See more keywords