Novel stages : drama and the novel in nineteenth-century France / edited by Pratima Prasad and Susan McCready.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prasad, Pratima, 1969-

McCready, Susan, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French drama--19th century--History and criticism.

French drama.

French fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

French fiction.

Physical Description:

242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2007]

Summary:

The essays in Novel Stages examine the myriad intersections between drama and the novel in nineteenth-century France, a period when the two genres were in constant engagement with one another. The collection is unified by common intellectual concerns: the inscription of theatrical esthetics within the novel; the common practice among nineteenth-century novelists of adapting their works for the stage; and the novel's engagement with popular forms of theater. The essays provide insight into a specific aspect of the relationship between the theater and the novel in the nineteenth century. Their distinct perspectives from an overview of the literary landscape of nineteenth-century France, and demonstrate many ways in which all major nineteenth-century French novelists, including Hugo, Flaubert, Sand, and Zola, participated in the theatrical culture of their century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0874139775

9780874139778

OCLC:

71322249