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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Evanston, Illinois :
Northwestern University Press,
[1998]
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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.