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Doucette Leonard E. |
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Theatre in French Canada : laying the foundations, 1606-1867 / / Leonard E. Doucette |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1984 |
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©1984 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-5390-6 |
1-4426-3837-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 pages) |
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Collana |
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University of Toronto Romance Series ; ; 52 |
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Soggetti |
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French-Canadian drama - History and criticism |
Theater - Canada - History |
History |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Electronic books. |
Canada |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Theatre in New France 1606-1760 -- 2. New Beginnings and New Trials 1760-1825 -- 3. The Beginnings of a Native Tradition in Theatre -- 4. Towards the Development of a French-Canadian Dramaturgy 1837-67 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- University of Toronto Romance Series |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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It is only recently that historians of the theatre in French Canada have turned their attention to playwrights active before the twentieth century. Their practice had been to trace the roots of theatre to mid-1930s, to the appearance of Father Emile Legault and his troupe, the Compagnons de Saint-Laurent, dismissing what had gone before. In this innovative history, Leonard Doucette sets out deal for the first time with all plays that have survived to 1867 and to link them with the evolution of politics, institutions, and culture in French Canada. The study of theatre has often been handicapped also by the outdated |
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