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Genre/Form: | History Historia |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Isherwood, Robert M., 1935- Farce and fantasy. New York : Oxford University Press, 1986 (OCoLC)557614179 Online version: Isherwood, Robert M., 1935- Farce and fantasy. New York : Oxford University Press, 1986 (OCoLC)607849707 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert M Isherwood |
ISBN: | 0195036484 9780195036480 0195061594 9780195061598 |
OCLC Number: | 11784518 |
Description: | ix, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Part I : The bridge, the fairs and lyric comedy -- The singing culture of the Pont-Neuf -- Raillery in the fairs -- The Opéra-Comique -- The politics of culture : the struggle against privilege -- Part II : The Champs-Elysées, the boulevards, and the Palais-Royal -- Time of triumph, time of loss -- Entrepreneurial dilemmas : the case of the fair Saint-Ovide and the Champs-Elysées -- Streets of the people -- The convergence of popular and elite culture : the Palais-Royal. |
Responsibility: | Robert M. Isherwood. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | .b12004571 |
Abstract:
Covers every aspect of popular entertainment: fairs, cafes, boulevard theatres, and freak shows.
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