{"product_id":"the-drama-of-fallen-france-kenneth-krauss-9780791459539","title":"The Drama of Fallen France: Reading La Com?die Sans Tickets","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Drama of Fallen France\u003c\/i\u003e examines various dramatic works written and\/or produced in Paris during the four years of Nazi occupation and explains what they may have meant to their original audiences. Because of widespread financial support from the new French government at Vichy, the former French capital underwent a renaissance of theatre during this period, and both the public playhouses and the private theatres provided an amazing array of new productions and revivals. Some of the plays considered here are well known: Anouilh's \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e, Sartre's \u003ci\u003eThe Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, Claudel's \u003ci\u003eThe Satin Slipper\u003c\/i\u003e. Others have remained obscure, such as Cocteau's \u003ci\u003eThe Typewriter\u003c\/i\u003e, Giraudoux's \u003ci\u003eThe Apollo of Marsac\u003c\/i\u003e, and Montherlant's \u003ci\u003eNobody's Son\u003c\/i\u003e; and two--Andr? Obey's \u003ci\u003eEight Hundred Meters\u003c\/i\u003e and Simone Jollivet's \u003ci\u003eThe Princess of Ursins\u003c\/i\u003e--have remained virtually unread since the early 1940s. In examining French culture under the Vichy regime and the Nazis, Kenneth Krauss links the politics of gender and sexuality with the more traditional political concepts of collaboration and resistance. A final chapter on Truffaut's 1980 film, \u003ci\u003eThe Last M?tro\u003c\/i\u003e, demonstrates how the present manages to rewrite and revision the complex and seemingly contradictory reality of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Krauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791459535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791459539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.58w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 1886","brand":"Kenneth Krauss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46292897235199,"sku":"9780791459539","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2363d64-94e8-48f6-b177-389e639427fd.jpg?v=1730210488","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-drama-of-fallen-france-kenneth-krauss-9780791459539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}