Susan McCready

Staging France between the World Wars

Performance, Politics, and the Transformation of the Theatrical Canon

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the rise of the modernist aesthetic in French stagecraft between the world wars. Focusing on interwar productions of the classics, it demonstrates that modernist directors had a significant and lasting impact on the academic canon of theater.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 265g
• ISBN-13: 9781498522809
• ISBN-10: 1498522807
• Artikelnr.: 51142483

Autorenporträt

Susan McCready is professor of French and codirector of the Center for the Study of War and Memory at the University of South Alabama.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: Subject to Interpretation
Chapter Two: Mobilizing the Canon
Chapter Three: Molière
Chapter Four: Racine et Shakespeare
Chapter Five: The Romantics
Chapter Six: Hitting the Mainstream
Conclusion