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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Hollinshead-Strick, Cary (1974-....)
Titre(s) : The fourth estate at the fourth wall [Texte imprimé] : newspapers on stage in July Monarchy France / Cary Hollinshead-Strick
Publication : Evanston (Ill.) : Northwestern University press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-189 p.) : ill., couv. ill. en coul. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"New media are often greeted with suspicion by older media. When the commercial press
arrived in France, in 1836, popular theater critiqued its corruption, its diluted
politics, and its tendency to orient its content towards the lowest common denominator.
July Monarchy plays, which provided affordable entertainment to a broader section
of the public than even new newspapers did, constitute a large, nearly untapped reservoir
of commentary on the arrival of the forty-franc press. Vaudevilles and comedies ask
whether journalism that benefits from advertisement can be unbiased. Dramas explore
whether the threat of spreading fake news is an acceptable way for journalists to
exercise their influence. Both plays and novels suggest that media that claim to enlighten
can sometimes obscure public access to information. Balzac's interventions in this
media sphere reveal his utopian views on print technology. Nerval's and Pyat's demonstrate
the nefarious impact that corrupt theater critics could have on authors and on the
public alike. Scholars of press and media studies, French literature, theater, and
nineteenth-century literature more generally will find this book a valuable introduction
to a cross-genre debate about press publicity that remains surprisingly resonant today"--Provided
by publisher
Sujet(s) : Théâtre (genre littéraire) français -- 19e siècle
Vaudevilles (littérature)
Presse et littérature -- 19e siècle
Critique dramatique -- France -- 19e siècle
France -- 1830-1848 (Louis-Philippe)
Indice(s) Dewey :
842.709 (23e éd.) = Théâtre de langue française - 1814-1848 - Histoire et critique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780810140356. - ISBN 0810140357. - ISBN 9780810140363. - ISBN 0810140365. -
ISBN 9780810140370 (erroné). - ISBN 0810140373. - ISBN 9780810140370
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45848959f
Notice n° :
FRBNF45848959
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