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Laughing matters : farce and the making of absolutism in France

Title
Laughing matters : farce and the making of absolutism in France / Sara Beam.
Author
Beam, Sara.
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

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Description
x, 268 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • French farces > History and criticism
  • French drama > 16th century > History and criticism
  • French drama > 17th century > History and criticism
  • Theater > Political aspects > History > France > 16th century
  • Theater > Political aspects > History > France > 17th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and index.
Contents
Farce, honor, and the bounds of satire -- The politics of farcical performance in Renaissance France -- The growing cost of laughter : Basoche and student performance -- Farce during the wars of religion -- Professional farceurs in Paris, 1600-1630 -- Absolutism and the marginalization of festive societies -- Jesuit theater : Christian civility and absolutism on the civic stage.
Call Number
JFE 07-4597
ISBN
  • 9780801445606 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801445604 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006101254
OCLC
76967310
Author
Beam, Sara.
Title
Laughing matters : farce and the making of absolutism in France / Sara Beam.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and index.
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JFE 07-4597
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