The Frightful Stage : : Political Censorship of the Theater in Nineteenth-Century Europe / / ed. by Robert Justin Goldstein.
In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous importance. The theater provided the most significant form of mass entertainment and was the only arena aside from the church in which regular mass gatherings were possible. Therefore, dra...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Germany -- France -- Russia -- Spain -- Italy -- The Habsburg Monarchy -- Summary -- List of Contributors -- Index |
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Summary: | In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous importance. The theater provided the most significant form of mass entertainment and was the only arena aside from the church in which regular mass gatherings were possible. Therefore, drama censorship occupied a great deal of the ruling class’s time and energy, with a particularly focus on proposed scripts that potentially threatened the existing political, legal, and social order. This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of nineteenth-century political theater censorship at a time, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when the European population was becoming increasingly politically active. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781845458997 9783110998283 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781845458997 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Robert Justin Goldstein. |