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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
g of modem stagecraft which may be observed at the Night Chant. The legerdemain of the Hoshkwan dance, in which the yucca is made to appear as growing from the newly planted root to flower and fruit in about the space of an hour, is the forerunner of the theatrical transformation scene still so dear to popular taste. All these things will bear study from the theatrical point of view. For the literary rendering of the lines, from which quotations have been given, we are indebted to Washington Matthews, as well as for all we know as a whole of the Night Chant, or, as it is otherwise known, the Mountain Chant. Like the Hako, the Navaho chant is based on a song sequence; the logical relation is scarcely discoverable without the accompanying action. Taken together, the songs, dances, and interpolated comedy of the last night's performance, within the dark circle of branches, is akin to that most American and popular variety of entertainment, the musical comedy. The same can be sai
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
ountry, the, 132 Marvin, W. T., 264 Maryland, 497 Marzio's Crucifix, 88 Mason, Lowell, 495, 499, 500 Mason, Walt, 498 Masque of judgment, the, 63 Masquerier, L., 438 Massachusetts, its historians and history, 198 Massacre of Cheyenne Indians, 148 Masses, 333 Masters, Edgar Lee, 65, 76, 615 Mater, 277 Mather, Cotton, 73, 389, 390, 392, 444 Mather, Richard, 534 Mathew Carey, 547 n. Matthews, Brander, 7, 17, 129, 269, 272, 273-4, 274 n., 290, 419 Matthews, Washington, 633 Maum Guinea, 71 Maupassant, 606 Max Adeler. See Clark, Charles Heber Maxwell, 244 Mayflower, the, 70 Mayo, Margaret, 295 Mayo-Smith, R., 442 Mead, Elinor G., 77 Meaning of education, 423 Meaning of truth, the, 249 Mechanics' free press, the, 436 Mechanics' mirror, 437 Medea, 465 Medill, Joseph, 323, 327 Meek, Joe, 153 Meeker, Ezra, 135 Megrue, Roi Cooper, 295 Meigs, William M., 140 Mein Buch, 583 Mein Leben (Seume), 578 Mein Yun