The sentimental theater of the French Revolution

by Feilla, Cecilia.
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Series: Performance in the long eighteenth century : studies in theatre, music, dance Published by : Ashgate, (Burlington, Vt. :) Physical details: xiii, 258 p. : ill. Year: 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The bestsellers of the French Revolution, or, Why sentimentality dominated the revolutionary stage: four case studies (la m�ere coupable, le d�eserteur, f�enelon, and les deux petits savoyards) -- Revolutionary tableaux: Diderot, David, and the sentimental frame of politics -- Sentimental vows and the affective bonds of social contract: national and private theatricals in Collot d'Herbois's La famille patriote -- Virtue's proofs: Pam�ela on stage and on trial during the terror -- Virtuous citizen, suffering father: Voltaire's Brutus and the sentimentalization of political tragedy -- Acting revolution: Talma and the sentimental body.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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