Laughing matters
Subtitle: farce and the making of absolutism in France
By: Sara Beam.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780801445606
Subjects: French farces -- History and criticism.; French drama -- 16th century -- History and criticism.; French drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.; Theater -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 16th century.; Theater -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 17th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Farce, honor, and the bounds of satire; title: The politics of farcical performance in Renaissance France; title: The growing cost of laughter : Basoche and student performance; title: Farce during the wars of religion; title: Professional farceurs in Paris, 1600-1630; title: Absolutism and the marginalization of festive societies; title: Jesuit theater : Christian civility and absolutism on the civic stage.