Theatermania In Eighteenth Century Europe
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Author | : Sonia Bellavia |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2023-04-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110759268 |
The group volume distinguishes itself by its multidisciplinary, comparative approach and by the network of relationships it weaves between the various European languages and cultures. The study takes shape from its different viewpoints and in its diverse contexts, to chart a detailed historical-conceptual map of the basic role theater played in forging the modern European consciousness. The thematic core of ‘theatermania’ lay in the authentic theatrical passion that manifested itself in different ways from one country to another throughout the 18th century. While the aesthetic, social and political value of theater took a variety of forms, its central feature was the privileged place it gave to collective and individual social revolutions, phenomena that could be defined as upheavals of the collective imagination, which found in theater a source of nourishment, mediation or control. The volume offers not just a series of historical-theatrical studies, but a view of history that foregrounds the passions that were regularly sparked by theater. It adds an essential feature to the profile of the century that redefined the role and importance of theater, and that led to its full re-evaluation in the Romantic age.
Author | : Rahul Markovits |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2021-05-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780813945545 |
Eighteenth-century France is understood to have been the dominant cultural power on that era's international scene. Considering the emblematic case of the theater, Rahul Markovits goes beyond the idea of "French Europe" to offer a serious consideration of the intentions and goals of those involved in making this so. Drawing on extensive archival research, Staging Civilization reveals that between 1670 and 1815 at least twenty-seven European cities hosted resident theater troupes composed of French actors and singers who performed French-language repertory. By examining the presence of French companies of actors in a wide set of courts and cities throughout Europe, Markovits uncovers the complex mechanisms underpinning the dissemination of French culture. The book ultimately offers a revisionist account of the traditional Europe française thesis, engaging topics such as transnational labor history, early-modern court culture and republicanism, soft power, and cultural imperialism.
Author | : Mary Elizabeth Mahan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Theater and society |
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Author | : Fayçal Falaky |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2021-11-12 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1684483425 |
Collecting diverse critical perspectives on the topic of play—from dolls, bilboquets, and lotteries, to writing itself—this volume offers new insights into how play was used to represent and reimagine the world in eighteenth-century France. In documenting various modes of play, contributors theorize its relation to law, religion, politics, and economics. Equally important was the role of “play” in plays, and the function of theatrical performance in mirroring, and often contesting, our place in the universe. These essays remind us that the spirit of play was very much alive during the “Age of Reason,” providing ways for its practitioners to consider more “serious” themes such as free will and determinism, illusions and equivocations, or chance and inequality. Standing at the intersection of multiple intellectual avenues, this is the first comprehensive study in English devoted to the different guises of play in Enlightenment France, certain to interest curious readers across disciplinary backgrounds.
Author | : Harry Kurz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 1916 |
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Author | : Catherine Margret Staudt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1933 |
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Author | : Lauren Clay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Popular culture |
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Author | : Marvin Carlson |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998-10-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0313303029 |
Born in the final years of the seventeenth century, and dying a decade before the beginning of the French Revolution, Voltaire was a quintessential figure of the eighteenth century, so much so that this era is sometimes called the Age of Voltaire. At a time when French culture dominated Europe, Voltaire dominated French culture. His influence was broad and powerful, and he made major contributions to almost every sphere of intellectual activity, including the sciences, trade and commerce, politics, and especially the arts. Despite the astonishing range of his literary activities, the theatre occupied a central position in his life from the beginning of his career to its close. His first and last literary triumphs were plays, the first written when he was only 17, the last completed when he was 84. He created a total of 56, and there was rarely a time in his life when he was not working on a theatrical script. At the end of his career, his works were produced more frequently on the French stage than those of any other serious dramatist and served as models for aspiring young playwrights throughout Europe. Written by a leading authority on French theatre and culture in the eighteenth century, this book traces the theatrical career of Voltaire from his college days through his final works. The most influential dramatist of the period, he successfully wrote in a number of genres, including tragedy, comedy, opera, comic opera, and court spectacle. His theatrical biography involves all aspects of acting and staging in amateur and society theatre as well as on major professional stages and performances at court. His extended visits to England and Germany are covered in chapters that also provide an introduction to the theatre in those countries, and his international interests and correspondence provide insights into the eighteenth century theatre in places such as Italy, Russia, and Denmark. Due to his literally life-long concern with the theatre, his dominance in this art, and his reputation and involvement with the theatre outside France, Voltaire's theatrical biography is also in large measure a chronicle of the European stage of the eighteenth century.
Author | : Harry Kurz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Ethnopsychology |
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Author | : Edward Joseph Hollingsworth Greene |
Publisher | : Depts. of Romance Languages and Comparative Literature of the University of Alberta |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : French drama |
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