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Author:

Connors, Logan J., author.

Title:

The emergence of a theatrical science of man in France, 1660-1740 / Logan J. Connors.

Publisher:

Liverpool University Press on behalf of Voltaire FoundationUniversity of Oxford,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xi, 284 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Theater--France--History--17th century.
Theater--France--History--18th century.
French drama--History and criticism--17th century.
French drama--History and criticism--18th century.
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.
French drama.
Theater.
Theater and society.
France.
1600-1799
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index. Bound with: History, painting, and the seriousness of pleasure in the age of Louis XV; and, Enlightenment Virtue, 1680-1794. IaU

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.

Series:

Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 0435-2866 ; 2020:01.

ISBN:

1789620384
9781789620382

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1090901468

LCCN:

2019458971

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)