| Description |
1 online resource (v, 415 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Scènes Francophones : studies in French and Francophone theater |
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Scènes francophones.
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| Contents |
Mormons in Paris / Louis Leroy and Alfred Delacour -- Berthelier Meets the Mormons / [Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru] -- Japheth's Twelve Wives / Antony Mars and Maurice Desvallières -- Stephana's Jewel / Arthur Bernède and Albert Dubarry |
| Summary |
"In the late nineteenth century, numerous French plays, novels, cartoons, and works of art focused on Mormons. Unlike American authors who portrayed Mormons as malevolent "others," however, French dramatists used Mormonism to point out hypocrisy in their own culture. Aren't Mormon women, because of their numbers in a household, more liberated than French women who can't divorce? What is polygamy but another name for multiple mistresses? This new critical edition presents translations of four musical comedies staged or published in France in the late 1800s: Mormons in Paris (1874), Berthelier Meets the Mormons (1875), Japheth's Twelve Wives (1890), and Stephana's Jewel (1892). Each is accompanied by a short contextualizing introduction with details about the music, playwrights, and staging. Humorous and largely unknown, these plays use Mormonism to explore and mock changing French mentalities during the Third Republic, lampooning shifting attitudes and evolving laws about marriage, divorce, and gender roles"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the original French in to English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 07, 2020) |
| Subject |
French drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English
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French drama -- 19th century -- Translations into English
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Latter Day Saints in literature
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Polygamy in literature.
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French drama
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French drama (Comedy)
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Latter Day Saints in literature
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Polygamy in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Drama
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Translations
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Drama.
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Théâtre.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cropper, Corry, editor, translator.
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Flood, Christopher M., 1975- editor, translator.
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Leroy, Louis, 1812-1885.
Mormons à Paris. English.
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Mars, Antony, 1862-1915.
Douze femmes de Japhet. English.
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Bernède, Arthur, 1871-1937.
Bijou de Stéphana. English.
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Chivot, Henri, 1830-1897.
Berthelier chez les mormonnes. English
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| LC no. |
2019059073 |
| ISBN |
9781684482382 |
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1684482402 |
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9781684482399 |
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1684482380 |
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9781684482405 |
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1684482399 |
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