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Book The Role of the Valet and Soubrette in the Early Eighteenth Century Comedy

Download or read book The Role of the Valet and Soubrette in the Early Eighteenth Century Comedy written by Isabelle Mary Contois and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Valet in the Eighteenth Century Comedy

Download or read book The Valet in the Eighteenth Century Comedy written by Lucile Elizabeth Rathmann and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Servants and Masters in 18th Century France

Download or read book Servants and Masters in 18th Century France written by Sarah C. Maza and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first major study of domestic service in France from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, describing its transformation from a male-oriented occupation, aristocratic in style and often geared to public display, to one that was female, middle-class, and centered on the household. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book The Servant in German Enlightenment Comedy

Download or read book The Servant in German Enlightenment Comedy written by Alison Scott Prelorentzos and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 1982 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No description

Book French Comic Drama from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century

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.

Book The Making of Theatre History

Download or read book The Making of Theatre History written by Paul Kuritz and published by PAUL KURITZ. This book was released on 1988 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Eighteenth Century

Download or read book The Eighteenth Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marivaux and Moliere

Download or read book Marivaux and Moliere written by Alfred Cismaru and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marivaux and Moliere are, respectively, the greatest comedy writers of the eighteenth and seventeenth centuries. Whereas a library of critical material exists on Moliere, Marivaux has benefited from less commentary, and many questions concerning this eighteenth-century playwright remain unanswered. Among these, of primary importance is his relationship with Moliere. The present study represents an illuminating discussion of this relationship. It devotes a chapter to each of Marivaux's plays that recalls any aspect of Moliere's comedies. Without detracting from Marivaux's basic originality, Dr. Cismaru shows that Marivaux's alleged scorn for his illustrious predecessor did not prevent him from using molieresque scenes, tone, and vocabulary.The first book-length study of the relationship between Moliere and Marivaux is lucidly written and free from technical jargon. It should benefit both the student of the two playwrights and the specialist.

Book The Eighteenth Century  1715 1789

Download or read book The Eighteenth Century 1715 1789 written by Robert Niklaus and published by London : Benn ; New York : Barnes & Noble. This book was released on 1970 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Italian Comedy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Pierre Louis Duchartre
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2012-11-16
  • ISBN : 0486138526
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book The Italian Comedy written by Pierre Louis Duchartre and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated history of the beginnings, growth and influence of the commedia dell’ arte. Describes improvisations, staging, marks, scenarios, acting troupes, and origins.

Book Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800

Download or read book Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 written by James E. Person and published by Literature Criticism from 1400. This book was released on 1995 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents literary criticism on the works of writers of the period 1400-1800. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, broadsheets, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Criticism includes early views from the author's lifetime as well as later views, including extensive collections of contemporary analysis.

Book Maid and Mistress

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Yates
  • Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Maid and Mistress written by Susan Yates and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary study, which combines the sociohistorical approach with insights from feminist literary criticism, sheds new light on male bourgeois mythologies in nineteenth-century French society. Drawing on texts by Balzac, Flaubert, Maupassant, Zola, and the Goncourt brothers, the author examines contemporary constructions of women as reflected in the portrayal of the humble «bonne à tout faire», from Père Grandet's «pearl» of a servant, Grande Nanon, to the «sluts» of Zola's Pot-Bouille. The book concludes with an analysis of relations between maid and mistress, shown as governed sometimes by the laws of class difference, but also, in several of these texts, by a profoundly felt feminine complicity.

Book Fraser s Magazine for Town and Country

Download or read book Fraser s Magazine for Town and Country written by James Anthony Froude and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the first printing of Sartor resartus, as well as other works by Thomas Carlyle.

Book Fraser s Magazine

Download or read book Fraser s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: