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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey M. Leichman est William Boizelle Associate Professor dans le Département d'Études Françaises à Louisiana State University (LSU), où il dirige le Centre d'Etudes Françaises et Francophones. Ses recherches portent sur les cultures de performance dans le monde francophone moderne, les rapports entre cinéma et théâtre et les humanités numériques. Il a notamment co-dirigé les projets VESPACE (modélisation intéractive d'un théâtre de Foire parisien) et Virtual Theatres in the French Atlantic World. En 2018-2019, M. Leichman était Fellow à l'Institut d'Etudes Avancées de Nantes. ORCID ID: 0009-0003-6811-4565. Klappentext Acting Up argues for the importance of theatrical acting to the development of modern subjectivity in Enlightenment France. Leichman weaves together literary studies, cultural studies, and performance studies, looking at the ways in which esthetic treatises, dramatic texts, religious tracts, theories of acting, political polemics, and philosophical writings consistently figure the actor and the art of portraying a character on stage as the era's most promising, and problematic, model of selfhood. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1: From Virtue to VirtuosityChapter 2: Good Acting, Acting GoodChapter 3: The Paradox of the RepublicanChapter 4: Sovereign ActorsChapter 5: Of Citizens and SlavesChapter 6: Overthrowing ActingConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author
