Download or read book Staging Romantic Chameleons and Imposters written by William D. Brewer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining chameleonic identities as seen in theatrical performances and literary texts during the Romantic period, this study explores cultural attitudes toward imposture and how it reveals important and much-debated issues about this time period. Brewer shows chameleonism evoked anxieties about both social instability and British selfhood.