Title Staging civilization : a transnational history of French theater in eighteenth-century Europe / Rahul Markovits ; translated by Jane Marie Todd

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (x, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Walker Cowen Memorial Prize Walker Cowen Memorial Prize. Contents 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 Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Notes Translated from the original French into English Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2021) Subject Theater and state -- France -- History -- 18th century Theater -- France -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century. Civilization Cultural policy Theater Theater and state SUBJECT France -- Cultural policy -- History -- 18th century Europe -- Civilization -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045638 Subject Europe France Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- translator. LC no. 2020055767 ISBN 9780813945552 0813945550

Other Titles Civiliser l'Europe. English

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