Political Actors : Representative Bodies and Theatricality in the Age of the French Revolution
Record details
- ISBN: 9780801488092
- ISBN: 9780801439827
- ISBN: 0801488095
- ISBN: 0801439825
- ISBN: 9781501724237
- ISBN: 1501724231
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Physical Description:
1 online resource : 1 chart, 11 halftones, 1 line drawing
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Computer data. - Publisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
- Copyright: �2002
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-341) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: THE REVOLUTION IN REPRESENTATION -- Prologue. A Parable: The Revolution in Theatrical Representation -- I. Embodiment: Concrete Re-presentation in Premodern France -- 2. A New Political Aesthetic: Public Opinion and the Birth of the Modern Political Audience -- Entr'acte. Public Opinion and the Theater -- 3. The Resurrection and Refashioning of the Estates General -- 4. Praxis: The Birth of the National Assembly and the Death of the Binding Mandate -- II: REPRESENTATION IN THE REVOLUTION -- 5. Metissage: The Merging of Theater and Politics in Revolutionary France -- 6. Theater Critics: Reactions to Actors on the Political Stage -- 7. The Fear and Ridicule of Revolutionary Representations -- 8. Breaching the Fourth: Wall Spectators Storm the Stage, Actors Invade the Audience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019). |
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Genre: | History. |