Reading drama in eighteenth-century france

Reading drama in eighteenth-century france / Thomas Wynn.

Thomas Wynn explores how plays were read in eighteenth-century France and, relatedly, the mode of closet drama: plays that were never performed within the playhouse. Drawing on queer theory, Wynn argues that eighteenth-century closet reading fostered disruptive pleasures that imparted another side t...

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Main Author: Wynn, Thomas, 1975- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
French drama > 18th century > History and criticism.
Closet drama, French > History and criticism.
Reading interests > France > History > 18th century.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: In and Out of Voltaire's Closet
  • PART I. WAYS OF READING
  • 1. Théâtromanie and Reading
  • 2. The Enlightenment Closet
  • 3. Closeted Reading
  • 4. Reading the Mercure in the Closet
  • PART II. CLOSET DRAMA
  • 5. Religious Controversy
  • 6. Historical Drama
  • 7. Erotic Drama
  • Conclusion: In and Out of Restif de la Bretonne's Closet
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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