The sentimental theater of the French Revolution / Cecilia Feilla.

Author/creator Feilla, Cecilia
Format Electronic
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
Descriptionxiii, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Theater--France. --History. --18th century.
Books and reading--France. --History. --18th century.
Theater--Moral and ethical aspects. --France.
Politics and literature--France. --History. --18th century.
France--History. --Revolution, 1789-1799. --Influence.

SeriesPerformance in the long eighteenth century: studies in theatre, music, dance
Contents The bestsellers of the French Revolution, or, Why sentimentality dominated the revolutionary stage: four case studies (la mère coupable, le déserteur, fénelon, and les deux petits savoyards) -- Revolutionary tableaux: Diderot, David, and the sentimental frame of politics -- Sentimental vows and the affective bonds of social contract: national and private theatricals in Collot d'Herbois's La famille patriote -- Virtue's proofs: Paméla on stage and on trial during the terror -- Virtuous citizen, suffering father: Voltaire's Brutus and the sentimentalization of political tragedy -- Acting revolution: Talma and the sentimental body.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-249) and index.
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LCCN 2012033176
ISBN9781409411635 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781409411642 (ebook)
ISBN9781472404312 (ePUB)

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