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The Popular Theatre Movement in Russia 1862-1919.

After the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, educated Russians began to present plays as part of a crusade to "civilize" the peasants. Relying on archival and published material virtually unknown outside Russia, this study looks at how playwrights criticized Russian social and political re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thurston, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [1998]
Colección:Studies in Russian literature and theory.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; Chapter One. The Birth of Russian Popular Theatre; Chapter Two. Essential Ostrovsky; Chapter Three. Plays for Schooling: Resistance and Response; Chapter Four. Even in the Workhouse a Theatre!; Part II; Chapter Five. Expansion in Contentious Times; Chapter Six. New Initiatives, 1907-1914; Chapter Seven. The Popular Theatre Unbound; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited.