Citizen Audience Meister An indigenous congregation soon developed

An indigenous congregation soon developed

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A short preamble to each chapter sketches the

" made ancient figures speak in the "old" genre of the dramatic monologue and performed public recitations

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Citizen Audience Meister An indigenous congregation soon developedIn The Citizen Audience,Richard Butsch explores the cultural and political history of audiences in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present. He demonstrates that, while attitudes toward audiences have shifted over time, Americans have always judged audiences against standards of good citizenship. From descriptions of tightly packed crowds in early American theaters to the contemporary reports of distant, anonymous Internet