Theatre, Politics, and Markets in Fin-de-Siècle Paris

Since the Enlightenment, French theatre has occupied a prominent place within French thought, society and culture, but as a subject of study it has remained a purview of theatre historians, literary scholars and aestheticians. They focus on the emergence of the modern theatre as change generated from within bourgeois literary drama but ignore theatre as a complex social practice. Theatre, Politics, and Markets in Fin-de-Sicle Paris investigates the dynamic relationships among the avant-garde, official culture and the commercial sphere, arguing against the neat divide of 'high' and 'low' culture by showing how cultural forms of varying social origins influenced each other.

Auteur
SALLY CHARNOW is Assistant Professor of History at Hofstra University, USA. Her articles have appeared in Women in Jewish Culture: Active Voices (University of Illinois Press, 1995), Radical History Review and Historical Reflections.

Contenu
Introduction PART I: ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF THE NEW THEATRE French Society, Commercial Culture, and the Emergence of Modern Theatre: André Antoine and the Théâtre Libre The Politics of Censorship PART II: AESTHETICS OF AVANT-GARDE THEATRE Modernist Expressions Foreign Playwrights, Avant-Garde Theatres, and French Critics PART III: MODERN THEATRE AND THE 'POPULAR' The Popular Theatre Movement Le Théâtre du Peuple: Modern Theatre, Regionalism, and the Search for the Authentic in Fin-de-Siècle France Conclusion