Sad clowns and pale pierrots
Subtitle: literature and the popular comic arts in 19th-century France
By: Louisa E. Jones.
Series: French forum monographs ;; 48; French Forum monographs ;; 48.
Publisher: French Forum
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Clowns in literature.; Pierrot (Fictitious character) in literature.; Commedia dell'arte.; Performing arts -- France -- History -- 19th century.; Popular culture -- France.; Comic, The.; Clowns -- France.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [277]-294.
English and French.
Includes index.