English theatre in Enlightenment France [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… the debate on Franco-British relations. Concepts > Literary & Artistic genres Mots-clés Anglomania Audience Emotions Enlightenment Friendship Theatre Translation ' It has been said that ‘the French only truly discovered British theatre in … that the role of theatre was to ‘inspire men with love of virtue and abhorrence of vice...,’ 3 two qualities that Enlightenment thinkers saw as the genesis of sociability. French theatre, suffused with this spirit, underwent a profound … proportions that varied from one play to the next. It was instrumental in disseminating the socio-political ideal of the Enlightenment: the high born, as much as comedic characters, could find motivation in their own internal preoccupations, …
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