Reading drama in eighteenth-century France:

Thomas Wynn explores how plays were read in eighteenth-century France and, relatedly, the mode of closet drama: plays that were never performed within the playhouse. Drawing on queer theory, Wynn argues that eighteenth-century closet reading fostered disruptive pleasures that imparted another side t...

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1. Verfasser: Wynn, Thomas 1975- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press [2024]
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Zusammenfassung:Thomas Wynn explores how plays were read in eighteenth-century France and, relatedly, the mode of closet drama: plays that were never performed within the playhouse. Drawing on queer theory, Wynn argues that eighteenth-century closet reading fostered disruptive pleasures that imparted another side to the period's 'théâtromanie'.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: In and Out of Voltaire's Closet -- PART I. WAYS OF READING -- 1. Théâtromanie and Reading -- 2. The Enlightenment Closet -- 3. Closeted Reading -- 4. Reading the Mercure in the Closet -- PART II. CLOSET DRAMA -- 5. Religious Controversy -- 6. Historical Drama -- 7. Erotic Drama -- Conclusion: In and Out of Restif de la Bretonne's Closet -- Bibliography -- Index.
Beschreibung:252 Seiten
ISBN:9780198895329

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