Satire, prints and theatricality in the French Revolution

著者

• Trévien, Claire

書誌事項

Satire, prints and theatricality in the French Revolution

Claire Trévien

（Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 2016:10）

Voltaire Foundation, c2016

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-250) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Revolutionary era was a period of radical change in France that dissolved traditional boundaries of privilege, and a time when creative experimentation flourished. As performance and theatrical language became an integral part of the French Revolution, its metaphors seeped into genres beyond the stage. Claire Trevien traces the ways in which theatrical activity influenced Revolutionary print culture, particularly its satirical prints, and considers how these became an arena for performance in their own right. Following an account of the historical and social contexts of Revolutionary printmaking, the author analyses over 50 works, incorporating scenes such as street singers and fairground performers, unsanctioned Revolutionary events, and the representation of Revolutionary characters in hell. Through analysing these depictions as an ensemble, focusing on style, vocabulary, and metaphor, Claire Trevien shows how prints were a potent vehicle for capturing and communicating partisan messages across the political spectrum. In spite of the intervening centuries, these prints still retain the power to evoke the Revolution like no other source material.

目次

List of illustrations List of abbreviations 1. Introduction: the other stage of the French Revolution Revolutionary prints: a brief historiography Theatricality and prints 2. Singing the scene: chansons and images in prints The case of Bonvalet (1788-1789) The aftershocks of 1789 Multiple voices (1791-1792) Songs and martyrdom (1793-1794) Epilogue 3. Le monde a l'envers: the carnivalesque in prints The commedia dell'arte in Revolutionary prints Individual actors Epilogue 4. The spectacle of science: illusion in prints Charlatanism and theatricality (1784-1795) Spellbound science (1789-1790) Spectator and performer (1791-1792) Science as a propaganda tool (1794) Epilogue 5. Theatre de l'ombre: visions of afterlife in prints Setting the stage Executing theatre Lighting shadows Epilogue 6. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB22297866
• ISBN:
  • 9780729411875
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford
• ページ数/冊数: xix, 254 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Prints -- France -- 18th century
  • LCSH : France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Art and the revolution
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB14748970