Historical Dictionary of French Theater (Historical Dictionaries Of Literature And The Arts)

The term "French theater" evokes most immediately the glories of the classical period and the peculiarities of the Theater of the Absurd. It has given us the works of Corneille, Racine, and Moliere. In the Romantic era there was Alexander Dumas and surrealist works of Alfred Jarry, and then the Theater of the Absurd erupted in rationalistic France with Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The Historical Dictionary of French Theater relates the history of the French theater through a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, trends, genres, concepts, and literary and historical developments that played a central role in the evolution of French theater. "The term French theater evokes most immediately the glories of the classical period and the peculiarities of the Theater of the Absurd. It has given us the works of Corneille, Racine, and Moliere. The Romantic era included Alexander Dumas and the surrealist works of Alfred Jarry, then the Theater of the Absurd erupted in rationalistic France with Samuel Beckett, Eugene lonesco, and Jean-Paul Sartre".--Page 4 de la couverture "This Historical Dictionary of French Theater examines the history of the French theater through a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and more than 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, trends, genres, concepts, and literary and historical developments that played a central role in its evolution".--Page 4 de la couverture Contents......Page 8 Editor’s Foreword......Page 10 Chronology......Page 12 Introduction......Page 30 The Dictionary......Page 46 Bibliography......Page 288 About the Author......Page 336