Heroines in French Drama of the Romantic Period 1829–1848

Grace Pauline Ihrig

Published by Columbia University Press 1950

Heroines in French Drama of the Romantic Period 1829–1848

Grace Pauline Ihrig

https://doi.org/10.7312/ihri91402

Overview
Contents

About this book

A study of the lead female roles in French drama from 1829-1848. It addresses conventional traits of these 'heroines,' their relation to the audience, the idealization of their roles, the use of historical figures and characters in new plays, and the ways in which they revealed the need for social reform.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 . Conventional Traits of the Romantic Heroine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. The Romantic Heroine and Her Eighteenthcentury Elders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3. Idealized and Sentimentalized Heroines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. The Unhappy Victim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
5. Historical Figures Reincarnated Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
6. Old Heroines in New Plays Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
7. Religion in the Lives and Times of Romantic Heroines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
8. The Need for Social Reform as Illustrated by Romantic Heroines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
9. Criticisms of Heroines by Contemporaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Chronological List of Plays Studied Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Sources Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Copyright year: 1950
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 246

eBook

Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231883566