Performance, Poetry and Politics on the Queen's Day Catherine de Medicis and Pierre de Ronsard at Fontainbleau |
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| Author:
| Scott, Virginia
Sturm-Maddox, Sara |
| Series title: | Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-5839-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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This collaborative, interdisciplinary study explores issues in theatrical and literary history that converge in two performances during the fabled Fêtes de Fontainebleau, produced for Catherine de Médicis by Pierre de Ronsard and other artists and courtiers. The authors also use their focus on the Queen's Day to consider a range of questions including the circumstances of the festival, its political program, and its relationship to court performance practices.
This collaborative, interdisciplinary study explores issues in theatrical and literary history that converge in two performances during the fabled Fêtes de Fontainebleau, produced for Catherine de Médicis by Pierre de Ronsard and other artists and courtiers. The authors also use their focus on the Queen's Day to consider a range of questions including the circumstances of the festival, its political program, and its relationship to court performance practices.