Laughing matters : farce and the making of absolutism in France /

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Bawdy satirical plays-many starring law clerks and seminarians-savaged corrupt officials and royal policies in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century France. The Church and the royal court tolerated-and even commissioned-such performances, the audiences for which included men and women from every social c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beam, Sara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Temas:
1500-1699
French farces > History and criticism.
French drama > 16th century > History and criticism.
French drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Theater > Political aspects > France > History > 16th century.
Theater > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Farces françaises > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre français > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre français > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre > Aspect politique > France > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Théâtre > Aspect politique > France > Histoire > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
French drama
French farces
Theater > Political aspects
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Farce, honor, and the bounds of satire
  • The politics of farcical performance in Renaissance France
  • The growing cost of laughter : Basoche and student performance
  • Farce during the wars of religion
  • Professional farceurs in Paris, 1600-1630
  • Absolutism and the marginalization of festive societies
  • Jesuit theater : Christian civility and absolutism on the civic stage.

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