Staging civilization : a transnational history of French theater in eighteenth-century Europe /
Markovits, Rahul, 1981-
Staging civilization : a transnational history of French theater in eighteenth-century Europe / Rahul Markovits ; translated by Jane Marie Todd. - 1 online resource (x, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Walker Cowen Memorial Prize .
Translated from the original French into English.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: FRENCH THEATER AND THE EUROPEAN COURTS -- 1: The European Space of French Theater -- 2: A Europe-Wide Labor Market -- 3: Onstage -- 4: Behind the Scenes -- PART II: FROM THE ARMY THEATER TO CULTURAL IMPERIALISM -- 5: Gallantry and Soft Power -- 6: A Theater in Geneva? -- 7: Exporting Revolution? -- 8: Theater and Acculturation in the Annexed Departments -- EPILOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Recent Winners of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize
"By examining the presence of French companies of actors in a wide set of courts and cities throughout Europe, this book uncovers the complex mechanisms underpinning the dissemination of French culture during the long eighteenth century"--
9780813945552
2020055767
Theater and state--History--France--18th century.
Theater--History--France--18th century.
Electronic Books.
PN2044 / .S734 2021
Staging civilization : a transnational history of French theater in eighteenth-century Europe / Rahul Markovits ; translated by Jane Marie Todd. - 1 online resource (x, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Walker Cowen Memorial Prize .
Translated from the original French into English.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: FRENCH THEATER AND THE EUROPEAN COURTS -- 1: The European Space of French Theater -- 2: A Europe-Wide Labor Market -- 3: Onstage -- 4: Behind the Scenes -- PART II: FROM THE ARMY THEATER TO CULTURAL IMPERIALISM -- 5: Gallantry and Soft Power -- 6: A Theater in Geneva? -- 7: Exporting Revolution? -- 8: Theater and Acculturation in the Annexed Departments -- EPILOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Recent Winners of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize
"By examining the presence of French companies of actors in a wide set of courts and cities throughout Europe, this book uncovers the complex mechanisms underpinning the dissemination of French culture during the long eighteenth century"--
9780813945552
2020055767
Theater and state--History--France--18th century.
Theater--History--France--18th century.
Electronic Books.
PN2044 / .S734 2021