Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France.
Falaky, Fayçal.
Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - Scènes Francophones: Studies in French and Francophone Theater Series . - Scènes Francophones: Studies in French and Francophone Theater Series .
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Playing with Dolls in Old Regime Fairy Tales -- 2. The Morality of Bilboquet, or the Equivocations of Language -- 3. Fiction as Play: Rhetorical Subversion in Alain-René Lesage's Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane -- 4. Playthings of Fortune: Lots, Games of Chance, and Inequality in l'Abbé Prévost -- 5. Boundless Play and Infinite Pleasure in the Chevalier de Béthune's Relation du monde de Mercure -- 6. The Politics of Orientalist Fantasy in French Opera -- 7. Playing at Theater: Modes of Play in Théâtre de Société -- 8. Between Play and Ritual: Profane Masquerade in the French Revolution -- 9. The Return of Play, or the End of Revolutionary Theater -- 10. Video Games as Cultural History: Procedural Narrative and the Eighteenth-Century Fair Theater -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
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9781684483440
Electronic books.
PQ265
840.9357909033
Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - Scènes Francophones: Studies in French and Francophone Theater Series . - Scènes Francophones: Studies in French and Francophone Theater Series .
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Playing with Dolls in Old Regime Fairy Tales -- 2. The Morality of Bilboquet, or the Equivocations of Language -- 3. Fiction as Play: Rhetorical Subversion in Alain-René Lesage's Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane -- 4. Playthings of Fortune: Lots, Games of Chance, and Inequality in l'Abbé Prévost -- 5. Boundless Play and Infinite Pleasure in the Chevalier de Béthune's Relation du monde de Mercure -- 6. The Politics of Orientalist Fantasy in French Opera -- 7. Playing at Theater: Modes of Play in Théâtre de Société -- 8. Between Play and Ritual: Profane Masquerade in the French Revolution -- 9. The Return of Play, or the End of Revolutionary Theater -- 10. Video Games as Cultural History: Procedural Narrative and the Eighteenth-Century Fair Theater -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France".
9781684483440
Electronic books.
PQ265
840.9357909033