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This book was first published in 2003. Performing Menken uses the life experiences of controversial...
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This book was first published in 2003. Performing Menken uses the life experiences of controversial actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken to examine the culture of the Civil War period. Menken managed to portray herself as both respectable and daring, claiming for herself various (differing) racial and ethnic identities. Playing male roles on stage, she became the reigning femme fatale. Yet she was also known as an intellectual, publishing poetry and essays. She shared friendships with the greatest writers of her time, including Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and Alexandre Dumas, p
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About the book
Full name
Performing Menken
Author
Renée M. Sentilles
Language
English
English
Binding
Book - Hardback
Date of issue
2003
Number of pages
326
EAN
9780521820707
ISBN
0521820707
Libristo code
02045123
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Weight
598
Dimensions
152 x 229 x 22
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