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Title French dramatists, 1789-1914 / Barbara T. Cooper, editor.

Publication Info. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, 1998.

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Series Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 192
Dictionary of literary biography complete online
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 192.
Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
Contents Emile Augier (1820-1889) - Henry Becque (1837-1899) - Joseph Bouchardy (1810-1870) - Eugene Brieux (1858-1932) - Marie-Joseph Chenier (1764-1811) - Paul Claudel (1868-1955) - Georges Courteline (1858-1929) - Jean-Francois Casimir Delavigne (1793-1843) - Adolphe Philippe Dennery (1811-1899) - Victor Ducange (1783-1833) - Alexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895) - Alexandre Dumas pere (1802-1870) - Octave Feuillet (1821-1890) - Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) - Ludovic Halevy (1832-1908) - Victor Hugo (1802-1885) - Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) - Eugene Labiche (1815-1888) - Louis-Jean-Nepomucene Lemercier (1771-1840) - Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) - Prosper Merimee (1803-1870) - Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) - Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) - Rene Charles Guilbert de Pixerecourt (1773-1844) - Francois Ponsard (1814-1867) - Rachilde (Marguerite Eymery Vallette) (1860-1953) - Jean Richepin (1849-1926) - Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) - George Sand (1804-1876) - Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) - Eugene Scribe (1791-1861) - Anne -Louise-Germaine de Stael Holstein (1766-1817) -Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863) - Jean-Marie Mathias Philippe-Auguste, Comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838-1889).
Summary Essays on French dramatists writing during a period when Paris and the provinces saw thousands of dramatic works in a myriad of genres. These plays offered not only entertainment, but broached serious political and social issues as well, during a time of government censorship. Includes information on the various forms of theatrical entertainment, and the various types of playwriting, including melodrama, romantic drama, tragedies, comedies and realistic dramas.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web.
Original Version Original: 481 p.
System Details Mode of access: Internet.
Subject Dramatists, French -- Biography.
Dramatists, French -- Biography.
Dramatists, French.
French drama.
French drama.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies.
Added Author Cooper, Barbara T., 1944-
Gale Group.
ISBN 0787618470
9780787618476