Author: Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière baron de BarantePublisher:
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Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Tableau de la Littérature Française Au Dix-huitième Siècle
Author: Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière baron de BarantePublisher:
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Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
De la Litterature Françoise pendant le dix-huitième siècle. By A. G. P. Brugière de Barante
Author: An Outline History of French Literature
Author: Henry Stanley SchwarzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A History of French Literature
Author: Charles Henry Conrad WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of French Theater
Author: Edward FormanPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810874512
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
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.
A History of Philosophy, from Thales to the Present Time
Author: Friedrich UeberwegPublisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
A History of Philosophy
Author: Friedrich UeberwegPublisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
A history of philosophy, from Thales to the present time. Tr. by G.S. Morris, with additions by N. Porter
Author: Friedrich UeberwegPrévost
Author: Peter TremewanPublisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9780729301794
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Grétry's Operas and the French Public
Author: R.J. ArnoldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134803761
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Why, in the dying days of the Napoleonic Empire, did half of Paris turn out for the funeral of a composer? The death of André Ernest Modeste Grétry in 1813 was one of the sensations of the age, setting off months of tear-stained commemorations, reminiscences and revivals of his work. To understand this singular event, this interdisciplinary study looks back to Grétry’s earliest encounters with the French public during the 1760s and 1770s, seeking the roots of his reputation in the reactions of his listeners. The result is not simply an exploration of the relationship between a musician and his audiences, but of developments in musical thought and discursive culture, and of the formation of public opinion over a period of intense social and political change. The core of Grétry’s appeal was his mastery of song. Distinctive, direct and memorable, his melodies were exported out of the opera house into every corner of French life, serving as folkloristic tokens of celebration and solidarity, longing and regret. Grétry’s attention to the subjectivity of his audiences had a profound effect on operatic culture, forging a new sense of democratic collaboration between composer and listener. This study provides a reassessment of Grétry’s work and musical thought, positioning him as a major figure who linked the culture of feeling and the culture of reason - and who paved the way for Romantic notions of spectatorial absorption and the power of music.