Yankee doodle dandy George M. Cohan and the Broadway stage / Elizabeth T. Craft.
| Author/creator | Craft, Elizabeth T. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] |
| Description | xv, 288 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Broadway legacies series |
| Contents | The Flag-Waving Patriot -- The Entertainer : Defining the Cohanesque -- The Man Who Owned Broadway -- The Irish American -- The Celebrity -- The "Great American Service" of Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Epilogue. Cohan's Legacies. |
| Abstract | "Composer, lyricist, playwright, performer, director, theater owner, and star actor George M. Cohan (1878-1942) definitively shaped the burgeoning genre of musical comedy and the institution of Broadway in the early twentieth century. Remembered today for classic tunes like "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "Give My Regards to Broadway," he has been called "the father of musical comedy" and is memorialized with a statue in Times Square. In his day, he was famous as the "Yankee Doodle Boy" from his hit song and as the "Man Who Owned Broadway" from his musical of the same name. His songs and shows captured the spirit of an era when staggering social change gave new urgency to efforts to define Americanism. This book, the first on Cohan in fifty years and the first scholarly study on the subject, is not a biography but rather situates Cohan as a central figure of his day, placing his multifaceted contributions within overlapping historical and cultural contextual webs to examine his wide-ranging cultural impact. Chapters interweave discussion of his songs and shows with explorations of the roles he played in public life-entertainer, Broadway magnate, Irish American, celebrity, and, above all, emblem of patriotism. This approach offers not only a fuller understanding of his shows and career but also new perspectives on fundamental debates about American identity and the performing arts in the early twentieth-century United States"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-278) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023054942 |
| ISBN | 9780197550403 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |