Promotional Information

Bruce McConachie's "Melodramatic Formations: American Theatre and Society 1820-1870" won the Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History.

Reviews

"McConachie's will be an important and influential book in its use of cognitive theory for the analysis of performance. It is learned and ambitious, synthesizing a number of perspectives on the study of American culture during the period and, by drawing liberally on works of psychology, philosophy, sociology, political theory, cultural history, and theater criticism, it provides a rich context in which to consider the plays and other performances analyzed."