La Fete imprimee

Spectacles et ceremonies politiques (1549-1662)

by Benoit Bolduc

Book cover: La Fete imprimee

Extent: 391 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences 

Series: Lire le XVIIe siecle

Series volume number: 39, 5

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(June 2016)

ISBN: 9782406056799

Price: $54.00

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Through an analysis of the editorial, textual, and iconographic strategies of the coverage of five large political events held in Paris in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this work shows how the write-up of such events transforms the reader into an ideal spectator.

Benoit Bolduc est professeur de litterature francaise a l’universite de New York (NYU). Specialiste des arts du spectacle et des rapports entre litterature, arts visuels et musique aux XVI et XVII siecles, il est l’auteur d’Andromede au rocher (Florence, 2002), d’Andromede delivree (Paris, 1992) et l’editeur du numero Texte et representation : les arts du spectacle dans la revue Texte, 33/34 (Toronto, 2003).

  • By (author) Benoit Bolduc