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Chronicling Ben-Hur's Climb, 1880-1924 (Hardcover)
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Chronicling Ben-Hur's Climb, 1880-1924 (Hardcover)
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First published in 1880, Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur is one of the
best-selling novels of all time. Employing analytical strategies
from the fields of literature, fan studies, reception history, and
media research, Barbara Ryan traces Ben-Hur's popularity from 1880
to 1924. She analyzes fan mail as well as a wide range of
manuscript and print sources, using as her starting place two
letters in which admirers declared that they would rather be the
author of Ben-Hur than to be President of the United States. Ryan's
discussion of the novel in terms of its contemporary fandom makes
it possible for her to dispel misconceptions about the novel's
audience which include assumptions about its popularity with all
Christians. She makes fascinating connections between Ben-Hur,
slavery discourse, and the changing nature of U.S. politics to
challenge critics who assume that Wallace consciously used a
sure-fire formula. By shedding light on attempts to squash the
novel's popularity, Ryan examines dramatizations of Ben-Hur by
amateurs and on Broadway. Her in-depth reception history of
Ben-Hur's incarnations in print and on stage establishes the
novel's importance for understanding nineteenth-century U.S.
literature, politics, and culture.
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