Charles Dickens and His Performing Selves: Dickens and the Public Readings Tapa blanda - 2008

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.. For the last twelve years of his life Dickens toured Britain and America giving two-hour readings from his work to audiences of over two thousand. "This book tries to recreate, in greater detail than ever before, the sense of how those readings were performed and how they were received, how Dickens devised his stage set and tailored his books to make them into performance scripts, how he conducted his reading tours all around the country and developed a quite extraordinary rapport with his listeners." Pp.xiv/331, 17 black & white illustrations, scuffing to lower corner of half-title page. Paperback. VG.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. The covers have a touch of edge wear. Signed with dedication on the title page. Charles Dickens had three professional careers: novelist, journalist and public Reader. That third career has seldom been given the serious attention it deserved. For the last 12 years of his life he toured Britain and America giving 2-hour readings from his work to audiences of over two thousand. These readings were highly dramatic performances in which Dickens's great gift for mimicry enabled him to represent the looks and voices of his characters, to the point where audiences forgot they were watching Charles Dickens. His novels came alive on the platform: at the end of a reading, it seemed to many that a whole society had broken up rather than that a solitary recitalist had concluded. This book tries to recreate, in greater detail than hitherto, the sense of how those readings were performed and how they were received, how Dickens devised his stage set and tailored his books… Leer más

Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8x5x0. Glossy stiff card covers; firm and square, no bumps. Contents fresh and crisp; no pen-marks and not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a new copy in great shape, looks and feels unread.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Charles Dickens and His Performing Selves: Dickens and the Public Readings.

Paperback / softback. New. Charles Dickens's public readings have not had the attention they deserve; and yet Dickens put as much effort into perfecting his performances as he did with his novels. These performances were sensational events and won Dickens thousands of new admirers. This book tells that story and brings the events alive, with more detail than ever before.