John Stokes

The French Actress and Her English Audience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A detailed study of how French actresses were received by English audiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9780521292610
• ISBN-10: 0521292611
• Artikelnr.: 33608398

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the golden age of acting
1. Mademoiselle Mars, the English and romantic love
2. Rachel's 'Terrible Beauty': an actress among the novelists
3. Memories of Plessy: Henry James re-stages the past
4. Dejazet/deja vu
5. The modernity of Aimee Desclee
6. A kind of beauty: Rejane in London
7. Peacocks and pearls: Oscar Wilde and Sarah Bernhardt
8. The greatest actress in the world: Edwige Feuillere and her admirers.