Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France by Fayal Falaky, ... - 9781684483402

Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century FranceAuthor(s): Fayal Falaky, Reginald McGinnis, Rori Bloom, Jean-Alexandre Perras, Zeina Hakim, Masano Yamashita, Erika Mandarino, Katharine Hargrave, Maria Teodora Comsa, Annelle Curulla\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bucknell University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Bucknell University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781684483402, 978-1684483402\nSynopsis\nCollecting diverse critical perspectives on the topic of playfrom dolls, bilboquets, and lotteries, to writing itselfthis volume offers new insights into how play was used to represent and reimagine the world in eighteenth-century France. In documenting various modes of play, contributors theorize its relation to law, religion, politics, and economics. Equally important was the role of \""play\"" in plays, and the function of theatrical performance in mirroring, and often contesting, our place in the universe. These essays remind us that the spirit of play was very much alive during the \""Age of Re.