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I712.074/30 版次：
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I712.074 版次：
著者:
Ryan, Barbara,
题名:
Chronicling Ben-Hur's climb, 1880-1924 / / ,
出版发行:
出版地： Abingdon, Oxon ; 出版社： Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 出版日期： 2019.
出版发行:
出版地： 出版社： 出版日期： 漏2019
载体形态:
xii, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
内容提要:
"First published in 1880, Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur is one of the best-selling novels of all time. Employing analytical strategies from the fields of literature, fan studies, reception history, and media research, Barbara Ryan traces Ben-Hur's popularity from 1880 to 1924. She analyzes fan mail as well as a wide range of manuscript and print sources, using as her starting place two letters in which admirers declared that they would rather be the author of Ben-Hur than to be President of the United States. Ryan's discussion of the novel in terms of its contemporary fandom makes it possible for her to dispel misconceptions about the novel's audience which include assumptions about its popularity with all Christians. She makes fascinating connections between Ben-Hur, slavery discourse, and the changing nature of U.S. politics to challenge critics who assume that Wallace consciously used a sure-fire formula. By shedding light on attempts to squash the novel's popularity, Ryan examines dramatizations of Ben-Hur by amateurs and on Broadway. Her in-depth reception history of Ben-Hur's incarnations in print and on stage establishes the novel's importance for understanding nineteenth-century U.S. literature, politics, and culture"--
主题词:
Fans (Persons) History. United States
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Best sellers History. United States
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Christian literature, American History and criticism.
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Popular literature History and criticism. United States
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Politics and literature History. United States
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Art appreciation.
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Best sellers.
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Christian literature, American.
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Fans (Persons)
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Literature Adaptations.
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Politics and literature.
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Popular literature.
索书号:
I712.074/30