Download or read book Pistoles paroles written by Helen L. Harrison and published by Rookwood Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Comic Drama from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century written by Geoffrey Brereton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04-24 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tracing the course of French comedy from the Renaissance, through the age of Louis XIV and the eighteenth century, to the eve of the Revolution, originally published in 1977, Geoffrey Brereton shows how it evolved from the crude farces and experimental plays of the sixteenth century to become a rich and highly sophisticated dramatic genre. The main emphasis is on the work of the principal dramatists, notably Molière (whose plays and career are given a detailed and enlightening treatment), Corneille, Scarron, Marivaux and Beaumarchais, with some space devoted to the more neglected writers, such as the ‘cynical generation’ of Dancourt, Regnard, Lesage and others; and all the plays are seen in the context of the theatrical conventions that helped to shape them. Different types of comedy are analysed, including comedy of character and of manners, as well as the romantic, burlesque and bourgeois forms and the development of the opéra-comique. At the same time Dr Brereton examines the influences on French comedy – influences as varied as those of the farce, the Italian commedia dell’arte, the Spanish comedia and the eighteenth century drame – and the way in which these were absorbed and exploited by French comic dramatists. Since comedy, more than any other kind of drama, reflects the contemporary social scene, attention is drawn to social conditions and attitudes, and some of the more striking parallels with modern social preoccupations are pointed out. Written in a very lively and readable style, and containing much stimulating and original comment, as well as providing the basic facts, it gives a considerable insight into the nature of French comedy during its most formative and fruitful period. A substantial bibliography and other reference material increase the usefulness of this book to the student of French drama.
Download or read book The M nage Trois in French Farce Comedy written by James Llewellyn Cattell and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Cinema in the 1980s written by Phil Powrie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French film in the 1980s might have lacked the invention of the New Wave but gritty police thrillers and nostalgic costume-dramas such as Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources brought French cinema to a wider audience than ever before. This landmark study is not merely a history of French film in the 1980s, but offers a set of critical essays on the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia. After a brief overview both of the crisis in the French film industry during the 1980s, and of the socio-political crisis of masculinity in the wake of 1970s feminism, the book is divided into three sections: the retro-nostalgic film, the Polar, or police thriller, and the comic film. Films studied in detail include Diva, Subway, Coup de foudre, Vivement dimanche , La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, and Tenue de soir e, while the volume covers actors from G rard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, and Yves Montand to Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, and Emmanuelle B art.
Download or read book Five Comedies of Medieval France written by Oscar Mandel and published by University Press of Amer. This book was released on 1970 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three French Comedies written by James Magruder and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work comprises three translated versions of plays by French writers. Turcaret, a tale of sexual intrigue and bad manners, and Triumph of Love, which deals with self-reflection and self-consciousness, were written in the 18th century, while Eating Crow was written in the 19th.
Download or read book Belle and Sebastien written by Cecile Aubry and published by Alma Books. This book was released on 2019-07-07 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a Gypsy woman, Sebastien is found as a newborn baby in the Alps and brought up by Guillaume and his grandchildren Angelina and Jean. Born on the same day, Belle is a beautiful white Pyrenean Mountain Dog who has been neglected and passed on from owner to owner, until one day she escapes from a kennel. When Sebastien rescues the runaway Belle from the wrath of the villagers, the boy and the dog form a lifelong friendship and embark on exciting adventures in the mountains.First published in 1965 to coincide with the internationally successful television series of the same name, Belle and Sebastien is a heart-warming story of camaraderie, adventure and freedom.
Download or read book The Little French Lawyer written by John Fletcher and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Little French Lawyer" (A Comedy) by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Classical French Drama and Comedy written by Pierre Corneille and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shall woman's dream of terror hurl the dart?Oh, feeble weapon 'gainst so great a heart!Must courage proved a thousand times in armsBow to a peril forged by vain alarms?
Download or read book The Modern French Drama written by Augustin Filon and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Melite a Comedy written by Pierre Corneille and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Aspects of Seventeenth Century French Drama and Thought written by Robert McBride and published by Springer. This book was released on 1979-06-17 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by University of South Carolina and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classical French Drama and Comedy written by Vladimir Orel and published by Theophania Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume introduces our readers to the great and noble tradition of French dramatic art as represented by three colossus of French drama - Jean Racine (1639-1699), Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) and the great comediograph of all times Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name, Moliere (1622-1673). The world of the XVIIth century French drama with all its artistic energy and moral fervour is now yours to explore.
Download or read book The Drama French drama written by Alfred Bates and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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