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Laughing matters : farce and the making of absolutism in France /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beam, Sara
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
French farces > History and criticism.
French drama > 16th century > History and criticism.
French drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Theater > Political aspects > France > History > 16th century.
Theater > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of 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.