TY - BOOK ID - 77902167 TI - Pierrots on the stage of desire PY - 1985 SN - 0691611807 1400854822 9781400854820 9780691066288 0691066280 9780691611808 0691066280 9780691611808 PB - Princeton, New Jersey DB - UniCat KW - Psychoanalysis and literature. KW - French literature KW - Pantomime KW - Literature and psychoanalysis KW - Psychoanalytic literary criticism KW - Literature KW - Dumb shows KW - Drama KW - Musical theater KW - Ballet KW - Mime KW - History and criticism. KW - Desire in literature. KW - Comedy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77902167 AB - This book, a companion to the author's Pierrot: A Critical History of a Mask (Princeton, 1978), provides a detailed history of nineteenth-century French pantomime, from the feeries of Jean-Gaspard Deburau at the Theatre des Funambules to the cabaret entertainments of Georges Wague at the height of la Belle Epoque.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -