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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2024
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Tag hinzufügen | 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | 252 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780198895329 978-0-19-889532-9 |