Staging Romantic Chameleons and Imposters

By William D. Brewer

Book Overview

Examining chameleonic identities as seen in theatrical performances and literary texts during the Romantic period, this study explores cultural attitudes toward imposture and how it reveals important and much-debated issues about this time period. Brewer shows chameleonism evoked anxieties about both social instability and British selfhood.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137389214
• ISBN13: 9781137389213
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"