| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 308 p.) |
| Series |
Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 39 |
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 39.
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| Contents |
Editor's Foreword; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author |
| Summary |
The term "French theater" evokes most immediately the glories of the classical period and the peculiarities of the Theater of the Absurd. It has given us the works of Corneille, Racine, and Moliere. In the Romantic era there was Alexander Dumas and surrealist works of Alfred Jarry, and then the Theater of the Absurd erupted in rationalistic France with Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The Historical Dictionary of French Theater relates the history of the French theater througha chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on aut |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-305) |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Theater -- France -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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Theater -- France -- Dictionaries
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Dramatists, French -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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Dramatists, French
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Theater
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France
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Dictionaries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020740384 |
| ISBN |
9780810874510 |
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0810874512 |
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