Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. The "Counterrevolutionary" State and the Politics of Oubli (Forgetting); 2. The Missionaries: Expiation and the Resacralization of the King's Two Bodies; 3. Competing Commemorations; 4. "Practicing" Politics in an Age of Counterrevolution; 5. Popular Anticlericalism; 6. Tartufferie; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This work views postrevolutionary France through Moliere's comedy Tartuffe. The book argues that the Restoration was a critical bridge between emerging practices of the old regime the revolution, and the post-1830 politics of protest
Analysis
anticlerical comedy
anticlericalism
clerics
comedy
cultural history
cultural studies
dauphin
democracy
ecclesiastical officials
europe
french catholicism
french comedy
french history
french revolution
government
history
king
monarchy
political engagement
political legitimacy
politics
postrevolutionary france
protest
public spectacles
regime
reign
religion
representative government
republic
restoration
restored monarch
revolutionary period
satire
social commentary
tartuffe
theatricality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-385) and index
Notes
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