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Book Philippe Quinault  Dramatist

Download or read book Philippe Quinault Dramatist written by William Brooks and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much work has been done in recent years on Quinault's librettos, but no major study of his spoken plays has appeared since the monumental thesis by Etienne Gros, published in 1926. Moreover, he has never been the subject of a monograph in English. There is a need to re-assess the influence of his life on his plays, and to re-evaluate Gros's findings in the light of eighty years' research into seventeenth-century French theatre in general. This book rejects the deterministic approach that sees his plays as apprentice pieces for the greater achievement that is his corpus of librettos, as well as the implicit comparative approach that pigeon-holes his work, in passing, by borrowing from the pithy judgements of Boileau. To what extent does Quinault's steady move away from comedy and light tragi-comedy to tragedies that combine love and menace go hand in hand with his search for greater integrity, better characterisation, and ever more credible plotting? How did he come to create and retain a tremendously faithful audience that even the withering mockery of Boileau failed to discourage? And is there any purpose in retaining the time-worn comparison between the author of Andromaque and the author of Astrate?

Book Ruling Women  Volume 2

Download or read book Ruling Women Volume 2 written by Derval Conroy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruling Women is a two-volume study devoted to an analysis of the conflicting discourses concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. In this second volume, Configuring the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century French Drama, Conroy analyzes over 30 plays published between 1637 and 1691, examining the range of constructions of queenship that are thrown into relief. The analysis focuses on the ways in which certain texts strive to manage the cultural anxiety produced by female rule and facilitate the diminution of the uneasy cultural reality it represents, while others dramatize the exercise of political virtue by women, explode the myth of gender-differentiated sexual ethics, and suggest alternative constructions of gender relations to those upheld by the normative discourses of sexual difference. The approach is underpinned by an understanding of theatre as fundamentally political, a cultural institution implicated in the maintenance of, and challenge to, societal power relations. Innovative and stimulating, Conroy’s work will appeal to scholars of seventeenth-century drama and history of ideas, in addition to those interested in the history of women in political thought and the history of feminism.

Book Ethics and Politics in Seventeenth century France

Download or read book Ethics and Politics in Seventeenth century France written by Keith Cameron and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty essays, of which five are in French, by leading English and French scholars, deconstructs the ethical and political framework of a powerful elite between the early 1600s and the end of Louis XIV's reign.

Book THEATER  DECEIT  AND IDEOLOGIES OF OBJECTIVITY IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA  FRANCE  MOLIERE  CONGREVE WILLIAM  ROTROU JEAN DE

Download or read book THEATER DECEIT AND IDEOLOGIES OF OBJECTIVITY IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA FRANCE MOLIERE CONGREVE WILLIAM ROTROU JEAN DE written by PAUL DAVID ERB and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: specific plays hint at the modern mode of epistemology that twentieth-century theorists call simulacrum.

Book Performing Arts Books  1876 1981

Download or read book Performing Arts Books 1876 1981 written by and published by New York : R.R. Bowker Company. This book was released on 1981 with total page 1728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Critical Bibliography of French Literature  The seventeenth century

Download or read book A Critical Bibliography of French Literature The seventeenth century written by David Clark Cabeen and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shakespeare on Theatre

Download or read book Shakespeare on Theatre written by Robert Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shakespeare on Theatre, master acting teacher Robert Cohen brilliantly scrutinises Shakespeare's implicit theories of acting, paying close attention to the plays themselves and providing a wealth of fascinating historical evidence. What he finds will surprise scholars and actors alike – that Shakespeare's drama and his practice as an actor were founded on realism, though one clearly distinct from the realism later found in Stanislavski. Shakespeare on Acting is an extraordinary introduction to the way the plays articulate a profound understanding of performance and reflect the life and times of a uniquely talented theatre-maker.

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1972 with total page 1602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  New Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries New Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1940 with total page 2230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part 1, Books, Group 1, Nos. 1-12 (1940-1943)

Book An Introduction to the French Classical Drama

Download or read book An Introduction to the French Classical Drama written by Eleanor Frances Jourdain and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Theatre Histories

Download or read book Theatre Histories written by Bruce McConachie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 1111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of the innovative and widely acclaimed Theatre Histories: An Introduction offers a critical overview of global theatre and drama, spanning a broad wealth of world cultures and periods. Bringing together a group of scholars from a diverse range of backgrounds to add fresh perspectives on the history of global theatre, the book illustrates historiographical theories with case studies demonstrating various methods and interpretive approaches. Subtly restructured sections place the chapters within new thematic contexts to offer a clear overview of each period, while a revised chapter structure offers accessibility for students and instructors. Further new features and key updates to this third edition include: A dedicated chapter on historiography New, up to date, case studies Enhanced and reworked historical, cultural and political timelines, helping students to place each chapter within the historical context of the section Pronunciation guidance, both in the text and as an online audio guide, to aid the reader in accessing and internalizing unfamiliar terminology A new and updated companion website with further insights, activities and resources to enable students to further their knowledge and understanding of the theatre.

Book Subject Guide to Books  Language and literature  edited by E  W  Padwick

Download or read book Subject Guide to Books Language and literature edited by E W Padwick written by Lionel Roy McColvin and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Publishers  Trade List Annual

Download or read book The Publishers Trade List Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Twayne s World Authors Series

Download or read book Twayne s World Authors Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Books in Series

Download or read book Books in Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.