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04886aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 BB8365CC1D7611EA83B92C1397128E48 003 SILO 005 20191213010258 008 190206t20192019sz a b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2019932949 020 $a 3030145999 020 $a 9783030145996 035 $a (OCoLC)1084418687 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d SNN $d UKMGB $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDXIT $d ICU $d EAU $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PN1995.9.H5 $b L37 2019 082 04 $a 944.035092 $2 23 100 1 $a Larkin, T. Lawrence, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018087531 245 10 $a In search of Marie-Antoinette in the 1930s : $b Stefan Zweig, Irving Thalberg, and Norma Shearer / $c T. Lawrence Larkin. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2019] 300 $a xx, 296 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 22 cm 520 $a In Search of Marie-Antoinette in the 1930s follows Austrian biographer Stefan Zweig, American producer Irving Thalberg, and Canadian-American actress Norma Shearer as they attempt to uncover personal aspects of Marie-Antoinette's life at the French court in the late eighteenth-century and to dramatize them in biography, cinema, and performance for public consumption during the 1930s--back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1. In search of Marie-Antoinette : the inscrutable life worth scrutinizing. Scholarship to date ; Structure and Method of the argument -- 2. Stefan Zweig's clinical biography, 1930-1932. Western European approaches to illustrated biography in the 1920s ; Zweig's approach to psychological biography ; Zweig's approach to the French Revolution ; Merging dominant interpretations of Marie-Antoinette ; Structure of the argument ; Marie-Antoinette's psychological transformation : cause, mnanifestations, and cure ; Marie-Antoinette's spiritual transformation: awakening, resistance and acceptance ; Writing historical biography as an "interested" undertaking ; Zweig on film adaptations of historical biographies -- 3. Irving Thalberg's film production, 1934-1936. European and American approaches to historical films in the 1920s ; Thalberg's approach to biographical film ; Thalberg's introduction to the Zweig property ; Sorting rival interpretations of Marie-Antoinette ; In conference : establishing character motivations, scenarios, and continuity ; The two earliest "temporary complete screenplays" ; Indicating Louis' phimosis, or how ineffectual lovemaking leads to lackluster leadership ; Indicating the revolutionaries, or how to generate sympathy for monarchs in spite of their ineffectualness ; Producing biographical film as an "interested" undertaking ; Thalberg on playing a historical character -- 4. Norma Shearer's dramatic performance, 1937-1938. Euro-American approaches to historical roles in the 1930s ; Shearer's approach to historical characterizations ; Shearer's recommitment to the Marie-Antoinette role ; The "final okayed screenplay" ; Inter-dependence of screenplay, cast, costumes, and sets ; Before and behind the cameras : Shearer's acting technique and production oversight ; The two faces of Marie-Antoinette, or how to sell sin and atonement ; To make Marie-Antoinette live again : the art of rendering clear and mixed passions ; Acting a historical part as an "interested" undertaking ; Shearer on public response to her performance -- 5. Conclusion. Summary ; "Marie-Antoinette" in myth ; "Objectivity" in biography, "authenticity" in film ; Time travel today; References. 600 00 $a Marie Antoinette, $c Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, $d 1755-1793. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80038420 600 10 $a Zweig, Stefan, $d 1881-1942 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Thalberg, Irving G., $d 1899-1936 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Shearer, Norma, $d 1902-1983 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 07 $a Marie Antoinette, $c Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, $d 1755-1793. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00052646 600 17 $a Shearer, Norma, $d 1902-1983. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01799797 600 17 $a Thalberg, Irving G., $d 1899-1936. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00106501 600 17 $a Zweig, Stefan, $d 1881-1942. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00046408 650 0 $a History in motion pictures. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008000955 650 0 $a Queens in motion pictures. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009001609 650 7 $a History in motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01903472 650 7 $a Queens in motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01904400 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9783030146009 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213013902.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB8365CC1D7611EA83B92C1397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search