Petits théâtres de l'intime

This chapter follows the development of Raymond Queneau’s works published under the pseudonym (or auteur supposé) of Sally Mara, including her journal intime, at a time when diary-...

An ideal reference companion for students and enthusiasts of Shakespeare, this informative and entertaining Miscellany gives a wealth of contextual and biographical information to ...

This section describes context of the political and military events of the changing balance of power in the Civil War as Charles I lost control to Cromwell, Parliament, and the Pur...

An overview of events following the death of Oliver Cromwell and the return of Charles II and his court from the Continent. Although John Milton continued to write urging the prese...

British theatre has a greater tradition than any other, having started all the way back in 1311 and still going strong today. But that is too much for one book to cover, so this vo...

This chapter begins a recontextualization of Goldoni’s Comédie-Italienne career with a panoramic view, analysing the position of the Italian theatre in the contemporary Parisian th...

This chapter examines the place of the diary in the context of considerable growth in all forms of life-writing since the 1970s, through a reading of diaries published by Annie Ern...

Sophie Halberstadt-Freud hielt die ersten Lebensjahre ihres Sohnes Ernst – Sigmund Freuds ältestem Enkel – in einem handschriftlichen Tagebuch fest. Die originalgetreue Transkripti...