Table of Contents
Acknowledgments XX
Introduction: Figuring Theater XX
1 Theatrical Reforms: Stage Fright and the Scene of Reading XX
2 Staging a Comeback: The Remasculinization of the Novel XX
3 Heimlich Maneuvers: Domesticity, Theatricality, and the Abject XXX
4 Mesdames Bovary: Performative Reading, Cultural Capital, and High Art XXX
5 Performing Distinction: Elevating the Literary Sphere XXX
Conclusion XXX
Notes XXX
Bibliography XXX
Index XXX
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: English fiction 19th century History and criticism, Performing arts in literature, Theater Great Britain History 19th century, Theater in literature, Actors in literature