Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters

Brewer, William D.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-11-25

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349482320

DOI: 10.1057/9781137387196

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 255