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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beam, Sara (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theater > Political aspects.
French farces.
French drama.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Theâtre > Aspect politique > France > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Theâtre > Aspect politique > France > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Theâtre français > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre français > 16e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Farces françaises > Histoire et critique.
Theater > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Theater > Political aspects > France > History > 16th century.
French drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
French drama > 16th century > History and criticism.
French farces > History and criticism.
France.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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