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Dramatic Battles in Eighteenth-Century France - Philosophes, Anti-Philosophes and Polemical Theatre (Paperback, New ed.)
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Dramatic Battles in Eighteenth-Century France - Philosophes, Anti-Philosophes and Polemical Theatre (Paperback, New ed.)
Series: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2012:07
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The mid-eighteenth century witnessed a particularly intense
conflict between the Enlightenment philosophes and their enemies,
when intellectual and political confrontation became inseparable
from a battle for public opinion. Logan J. Connors underscores the
essential role that theatre played in these disputes. This is a
fascinating and detailed study of the dramatic arm of France's war
of ideas in which the author examines how playwrights sought to win
public support by controlling every aspect of theatrical production
- from advertisements, to performances, to criticism. An expanding
theatre-going public was recognised as both a force of influence
and a force worth influencing. By analysing the most indicative
examples of France's polemical theatre of the period, Les
Philosophes by Charles Palissot (1760) and Voltaire's Le Cafe ou
L'Ecossaise (1760), Connors explores the emergence of spectators as
active agents in French society, and shows how theatre achieved an
unrivalled status as a cultural weapon on the eve of the French
Revolution. Adopting a holistic approach, Connors provides an
original view of how theatre productions 'worked' under the ancien
regime, and discusses how a specific polemical atmosphere in the
eighteenth century gave rise to modern notions of reception and
spectatorship.
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