English theatre in Enlightenment France [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… bear the mark of a spectacular, striking dramaturgy, which ignored the ideal of the three unities, and classical moral codes and good taste. The ‘English air’ (Soulatges 50) which permeated Voltairean tragedy also suffused comedic … shall not, despite the efforts of our philosophers, become the norm. 19 As upsetting as British theatre was to classical codes and aesthetics, its growing popularity in France worried those who feared that the sociability inherited from …
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