Medieval Roles for Modern Times - Theater and the Battle for the French Republic

About the author

Helen Solterer is Professor of French at Duke University. She is the author of The Master and Minerva: Disputing Women in French Medieval Culture (1995).

Summary

Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, and his clandestine resistance under the Vichy regime in France during World War II.

Product details

• Authors: Helen (Duke University) Solterer, Solterer Helen
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2011
• EAN: 9780271036137
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03613-7
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Theatre Studies