| Description |
1 online resource (v, 415 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
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text file |
| Series |
Scènes Francophones : studies in French and Francophone theater
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Scènes francophones.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Mormons in Paris / Louis Leroy and Alfred Delacour -- Berthelier Meets the Mormons / [Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru] -- Japheth's Twelve Wives / Antony Mars and Maurice Desvallières -- Stephana's Jewel / Arthur Bernède and Albert Dubarry. |
| Summary |
"In the late nineteenth century, numerous French plays, novels, cartoons, and works of art focused on Mormons. Unlike American authors who portrayed Mormons as malevolent "others," however, French dramatists used Mormonism to point out hypocrisy in their own culture. Aren't Mormon women, because of their numbers in a household, more liberated than French women who can't divorce? What is polygamy but another name for multiple mistresses? This new critical edition presents translations of four musical comedies staged or published in France in the late 1800s: Mormons in Paris (1874), Berthelier Meets the Mormons (1875), Japheth's Twelve Wives (1890), and Stephana's Jewel (1892). Each is accompanied by a short contextualizing introduction with details about the music, playwrights, and staging. Humorous and largely unknown, these plays use Mormonism to explore and mock changing French mentalities during the Third Republic, lampooning shifting attitudes and evolving laws about marriage, divorce, and gender roles"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the original French in to English. |
| Subject |
French drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English.
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French drama (Comedy) |
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French drama -- 19th century -- Translations into English.
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French drama. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Latter Day Saints in literature.
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Latter Day Saints in literature. |
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Polygamy in literature.
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Polygamy in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Drama.
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Translations.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Cropper, Corry, editor, translator.
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Flood, Christopher M., 1975- editor, translator.
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Leroy, Louis, 1812-1885.
Mormons à Paris. English.
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Mars, Antony, 1862-1915.
Douze femmes de Japhet. English.
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Bernède, Arthur, 1871-1937.
Bijou de Stéphana. English.
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Chivot, Henri, 1830-1897.
Berthelier chez les mormonnes. English.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mormons in Paris First edition. Lewisberg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2020] 9781684482368 (DLC) 2019059072 |
| ISBN |
9781684482382 electronic book |
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1684482402 electronic book |
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9781684482399 electronic book |
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1684482380 electronic book |
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9781684482405 electronic book |
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1684482399 electronic book |
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9781684482368 paperback |
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9781684482375 hardcover |
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