Theater, War, and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France and Its Empire

This is the first study of French theater and war at a time of global revolutions, colonial violence, and radical social transformation. Analyzing France and its largest Caribbean colony (Saint-Domingue), and spanning the Old Regime and Revolution, Logan Connors presents an ambitious, richly interdisciplinary argument, grounded in theater and performance studies, literary analysis of drama, and cultural, military, and gender history. Demonstrating how war and soldiering catalyzed new drama types and fostered theater's expansion into France's geographical and social peripheries, the study also shows how theater emerged as a dynamic space in which military practices could be re-imagined. This major scholarly intervention provides unparalleled insight into theater's engagement with international and domestic war efforts during a transformational period in global history.

Author: Logan J. Connors
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/23/2023
Pages: 276
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781009431217
ISBN10: 1009431218
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | General
- Performing Arts | General