""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Law, Theatre, and the Republic of Letters""; ""Stage I: Literary Property and Modern Spain""; ""1 Cultivating Property: Desamortización and the Culture of Authorsâ€? Rights""; ""2 Performative Appeal: From El trovador to the Royal Decree""; ""Stage II: Poets and Publishers""; ""3 Authors between Stage and Page""; ""4 Editores and Owners""; ""Stage III: National Literary Galleries""; ""5 Textual Museums""; ""6 Paratextual Performances in the â€?GalerÃas dramáticasâ€?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Sources Cited and Consulted""
Through an integrative historicist approach to a wide range of literary texts and archival documents, The Stages of Property makes an important statement about the cultural, societal, and political roles of the theatre in Spain during the 1800s
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index