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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: In and Out of Voltaire's Closet
PART I. WAYS OF READING
1. Théâtromanie and Reading
2. The Enlightenment Closet
3. Closeted Reading
4. Reading the Mercure in the Closet
PART II. CLOSET DRAMA
5. Religious Controversy
6. Historical Drama
7. Erotic Drama
Conclusion: In and Out of Restif de la Bretonne's Closet
Bibliography
Index