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Reading drama in eighteenth-century france /

Thomas Wynn explores how plays were read in eighteenth-century France and, relatedly, the mode of closet drama: plays that were never performed within the playhouse. Drawing on queer theory, Wynn argues that eighteenth-century closet reading fostered disruptive pleasures that imparted another side t...

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Main Author:	Wynn, Thomas, 1975- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:	French drama > 18th century > History and criticism. Closet drama, French > History and criticism. Reading interests > France > History > 18th century. Théâtre français > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique. Goût de la lecture > France > Histoire > 18e siècle. Semiotics & Theory. LITERARY CRITICISM. Drama. Literature: history & criticism. Literature. theatre, eighteenth century, France, Enlightenment, drama, closet, reading, plays, manuscript, théâtromanie, print Electronic books.
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