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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452236403321

Autore

Lehning James R. <1947->

Titolo

The melodramatic thread [[electronic resource] ] : spectacle and political culture in modern France / / James R. Lehning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-07845-3

9786612078453

0-253-11701-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Interdisciplinary studies in history

Disciplina

792.0944

Soggetti

Theater - France - History - 19th century

Theater - France - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

France Politics and government 19th century

France Politics and government 20th century

France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Theater and the revolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Varieties of Performance in Nineteenth-Century Paris; 3. Boulevard Spectacles of the Third Republic; 4. Spectacles of Light and Darkness between the World Wars; 5. Commercial Spectacles in Postwar Paris; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Traces the &quot;melodramatic thread&quot; that runs through modern French political culture