Theater, War, and Revolution in Eighteenth Century France and Its - Empir

"This is the first study of the relationship between French theater and war at a time of revolution and colonial violence. Drawing together theater and performance studies, literary close-reading, cultural, military and gender history, it provides holistic analysis of theater's engagement with military activity at a time of radical transformation"--

List of contents

List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction: performance, revolution, and the military-theatrical complex; 1. From tragédie nationale to pièce militaire: Pierre-Laurent de Belloy's Le Siège de Calais; 2. Military masculinities, dramaturgical manipulation, and the desertion play; 3. Performing on the periphery: Military-theatrical experiences at the Théâtre de la Marine (Brest) and the Comédie du Cap (Cap-Français); 4. Total theater for total war: military dramas and performances of the French revolution; 5. Femmes soldats and militarized domesticity: women at war in French revolutionary theater; Conclusion: the military-theatrical complex of revolutionary Saint-Domingue; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Logan J. Connors is Professor and Chair of the Michele Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami, where he also serves as Co-convener of the Interdisciplinary Research Group in Theatre and Performance Studies and Cooper Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Logan J Connors, Logan J. Connors, Logan J. (University of Miami) Connors, Connors Logan J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009431217
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0943121-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, DRAMA / General, military history, Theatre Studies, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Empires & historical states, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800, New France