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The Contested Parterre: Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680-1791 »
Authors: Jeffrey S. Ravel
ISBN-13: 9780801435447, ISBN-10: 0801435447
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: June 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Jeffrey S. Ravel
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Illustrations | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| Introduction: Political Culture, Print, and Performance | 1 | |
| 1 | Parterre Practices in Eighteenth-Century Paris | 13 |
| 2 | Origins of the Contested Parterre, 1630-80 | 67 |
| 3 | "The Parterre Becomes an Actor," 1680-1725 | 99 |
| 4 | Policing the Parisian Parterre, 1697-1751 | 133 |
| 5 | Policing the Parterre in Paris and the Provinces, 1751-89 | 161 |
| 6 | The Parterre and French National Identity in the Eighteenth Century | 191 |
| Afterword | 225 | |
| Appendix | List of Spectators in Paris Parterres by Social Category and Theater, 1717-68 | 229 |
| Bibliography | 239 | |
| Index | 249 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Theater Theater - General & Miscellaneous
Entertainment Theater Theater - History & Criticism
Nonfiction Entertainment Theater
Theater Theater - General & MiscellaneousEntertainment
Theater Theater - History & CriticismNonfiction
Entertainment Theater
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