Theatre, Politics, and Markets in Fin-de-Siècle Paris
Author | : S. Charnow |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2016-09-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137054586 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137054581 |
Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Download or read book Theatre, Politics, and Markets in Fin-de-Siècle Paris written by S. Charnow and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Enlightenment, French theatre has occupied a prominent place within French thought, society and culture, but as a subject of study it has remained a purview of theatre historians, literary scholars and aestheticians. They focus on the emergence of the modern theatre as change generated from within bourgeois literary drama but ignore theatre as a complex social practice. Theatre, Politics, and Markets in Fin-de-Siècle Paris investigates the dynamic relationships among the avant-garde, official culture and the commercial sphere, arguing against the neat divide of 'high' and 'low' culture by showing how cultural forms of varying social origins influenced each other.