The drama of fallen France : reading la comedie sans tickets / Kenneth Krauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krauss, Kenneth, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French drama--20th century--History and criticism.

French drama.

Government, Resistance to, in literature.

Theater--France--History--20th century.

Theater.

World War, 1939-1945--France--Theater and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the role of the theatre in Paris during the Nazi occupation.

Contents:

Intro

THE DRAMA OF FALLEN FRANCE

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Overture

1. A Queer Premiere: Jean Cocteau's The Typewriter

2. Collabo Beefcake and Resistant Reception: Ambiguity in André Obey's Eight Hundred Meters and The Suppliant Women

3. French Identity: The Intended Audience for Jean Giraudoux's The Apollo of Marsac

4. The Limits of Opportunism: Simone Jollivet's The Princess of Ursins

5. The Politics of Intention: Jean Anouilh's Antigone via Oreste

6. The Politics of Reception: Jean-Paul Sartre's The Flies

7. A Politics of Sexuality: Henry de Montherlant's Nobody's Son

8. The Politics of Impersonation: Casting and Recasting Paul Claudel's The Satin Slipper

Epilogue: Catching The Last Métro: François Truffaut's Portrayal of Occupation Drama and Sexuality

Finale

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Epilogue

Bibliography

Name Index and Literary Works

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index.

ISBN:

9780791485798

079148579X

9781417575992

1417575999

OCLC:

62734495