Rather that examining the Romantic and Victorian concept of natural acting itself, Voskuil (English, U. of Houston) uses it as an intellectual tool to look beyond the theater into other corners of 19th-century cultural imagination. Her journey leads through spectators of ourselves, feeling public, the theatricality of nationhood, a political masquerade, and natural celebrities. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)