Historical Dictionary of French Theater
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism
| Author: | Edward Forman | ISBN: | 9780810874510 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press | Publication: | April 27, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Scarecrow Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward Forman |
| ISBN: | 9780810874510 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press |
| Publication: | April 27, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Scarecrow Press |
| Language: | English |
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 through a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, trends, genres, concepts, and literary and historical developments that played a central role in the evolution of French theater.
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 through a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, trends, genres, concepts, and literary and historical developments that played a central role in the evolution of French theater.
