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The emergence of a theatrical science of man in France, 1660-1740 / Logan J. Connors.
LIBRA PQ2105.A2 S8 2020:01
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connors, Logan J., author.
- Series:
- Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2020:01.
- Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 0435-2866 ; 2020:01
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--France--History--17th century.
- Theater.
- Theater and society.
- French drama.
- Psychological aspects.
- France.
- History.
- Theater--France--History--18th century.
- French drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- French drama--18th century--History and criticism.
- French drama--Psychological aspects--17th century.
- French drama--Psychological aspects--18th century.
- Theater and society--History and criticism--17th century.
- Theater and society--History and criticism--18th century.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 284 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press on behalf of Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford, [2020]
- Summary:
- "The emergence of a theatrical science of man in France, 1660-1740 highlights a radical departure from discussions of dramatic literature and its undergirding rules to a new, relational discourse on the emotional power of the theater. Through a diverse cast of religious theaterphobes, government officials, playwrights, art theorists, and protophilosophes, Connors shows the concerted effort in early Enlightenment France to use texts about theater to establish broader theories on emotion, on the enduring psychological and social ramification of affecting moments, and, more generally, on human interaction, motivation, and social behavior."-- Cover page 4.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Theaterphobia and the transformational power of performance p. 35
- Chapter 2 "Que sur la superficie de notre cœur": Jean-Baptiste Dubos's theatrical emotions p. 73
- Chapter 3 Beyond affect: from Dubos's "passions superficielles" to Houdar de La Motte's "sentiments raisonnables" p. 107
- La Motte, the Querelle, and the Regency p. 113
- La Motte's "sentiments raisonnables" p. 125
- The dramaturgical power of intérêt p. 131
- Chapter 4 From the page to the stage: La Motte's theatrical inquiry into the emotions p. 141
- Context and emotion in Les Macchabées (1721) p. 145
- Intentionality and suspense in Romulus (1722) p. 153
- Inès de Castro (1723) and the emotional politics of intérêt p. 160
- Chapter 5 Strategic passions: Marivaux's Moderne subjectivities p. 177
- Marivaux's trajectory from Moderne to bel esprit to scientist of man p. 181
- Learning from the "organs": Marivaux's intuitive ethics p. 186
- Sentimental strategies: Marivaux's theories of emotion in Le Triomphe de l'amour (1732) p. 195
- Chapter 6 Learning through multiplicité: emotion and distance in the comédie larmoyante p. 213
- The decline and rebirth of Nivelle de La Chaussée's emotional poetics p. 219
- Meaning-making through the romanesque p. 225
- The pièce-cadre: emotion, multiplicité, and spectatorship in La Fausse Antipathie (1733) p. 235.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781789620382
- 1789620384
- OCLC:
- 1090901468
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