Opis: Revolutionary Acts - Susan Maslan, S Maslan

In Revolutionary Acts Susan Maslan shows how theater played a pivotal role in Revolutionary France, positioning the theatrical stage as a battleground on which the people of Paris and the government fought for municipal control. Examining the production, performance, and reception of Parisian plays between 1789 and 1794, Maslan sheds new light on two issues central to the political cultures of Paris and France: the nature of political representation-specifically the problematic relationship between direct democracy and representative democracy-and the correlative problem of transparency and its relation to theatricality. While traditional scholarship emphasizes the influence of newspapers and books on the French Revolution, Maslan's erudite analysis reveals the rich and powerful impact of theater on France's fledgling democracy. Maslan's thought-provoking book makes a distinctive contribution to the understanding of the literary and cultural history of the French Revolution. Modern Language Review 2006 Original and thoughtful work... offers great originality, creativity, thoughtfulness and erudition. -- Gregory S. Brown H-France 2006 Ambitious, insightful, and engaging study. -- Thomas Wynn French Studies 2008 Revolutionary Acts is most successful as a series of creative, highly historicized... readings of the performances and reception of a handful of plays from 1780 to 1795. -- Jeffrey Ravel Journal of Modern History 2008 In its bold and compelling arguments and its subtle textual analyses, Maslan's study is... one of the most important and innovative books on revolutionary theater published in recent years. It makes an important contribution not only to the study of literature but also to the understanding of the history and political culture of the period. -- Elizabeth Amann Brecht Yearbook 2008

Szczegóły: Revolutionary Acts - Susan Maslan, S Maslan

Tytuł: Revolutionary Acts
Autor: Susan Maslan, S Maslan
Producent: John Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9780801881251
Rok produkcji: 2005
Ilość stron: 288
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.52 kg

Recenzje: Revolutionary Acts - Susan Maslan, S Maslan