The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall : Newspapers on Stage in July Monarchy France /

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"New media are often greeted with suspicion by older media. When the commercial press arrived in France, in 1836, popular theater critiqued its corruption, its diluted politics, and its tendency to orient its content towards the lowest common denominator. July Monarchy plays, which provided aff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hollinshead-Strick, Cary (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theater and society.
Press and journalism in literature.
Press.
French drama.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
Presse dans la litterature.
Presse > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Theâtre et societe > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Theâtre français > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Press > France > History > 19th century.
Theater and society > France > History > 19th century.
French drama > 19th century > History and criticism.
France.
France > Histoire > 1830-1848 (Louis-Philippe)
France > History > Louis Philippe, 1830-1848.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Press Personified; Chapter 2: Do New Media Encourage Scandalmongering? The View from 1838; Chapter 3: From Beaumarchais to Scribe, Balzac's Concrete Publicity; Chapter 4: Papers That Block the Light; Chapter 5: Paper as Moral Fiber; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Plays about the Press (1836-1848); Appendix 2: Prospectus, Cesar Birotteau; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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