| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 261 pages) |
| Series |
Scènes Francophones |
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Scènes francophones.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- From virtue to virtuosity -- Good acting, acting good -- Le paradoxe du republicain -- Sovereign actors -- Of citizens and slaves -- Overthrowing acting -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Acting Up argues for the importance of theatrical acting to the development of modern subjectivity in Enlightenment France. Leichman weaves together literary studies, cultural studies, and performance studies, looking at the ways in which esthetic treatises, dramatic texts, religious tracts, theories of acting, political polemics, and philosophical writings consistently figure the actor and the art of portraying a character on stage as the era's most promising, and problematic, model of selfhood |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Theater -- France -- History -- 18th century
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Acting -- History -- 18th century
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Actors -- France
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Acting
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Actors
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Theater
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France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020739711 |
| ISBN |
9781611487251 |
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1611487250 |
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