Our Lady of the Snows documents Sarah Bernhardt's visits to Canada between 1880 and 1918, particularly her conflicts with the Archbishops of Montreal and Quebec City. It also examines the response of anglophone and francophone critics to her repertory and her presence in recent Canadian plays, particularly John Murrell's Memoir. It argues that Bernhardt, whose fame and notoriety provoked Quebec's patriarchal clerical establishment, was unwittingly a catalyst stimulating public debate between ultramontane and liberal Roman Catholics about the morality of the theatre which ultimately culminated in the appointment in 1912 of Montreal's first secular theatre censor.
| ISBN: | 9780820428994 |
| Publication date: | 1st December 1996 |
| Author: | Ramon Hathorn |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 327 pages |
| Series: | Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Literary studies: general History |
Our Lady of the Snows documents Sarah Bernhardt's visits to Canada between 1880 and 1918, particularly her conflicts with the Archbishops of Montreal and Quebec City. It also examines the response of anglophone and francophone critics to her repertory and her presence in recent Canadian plays, particularly John Murrell's Memoir. It argues that Bernhardt, whose fame and notoriety provoked Quebec's patriarchal clerical establishment, was unwittingly a catalyst stimulating public debate between ultramontane and liberal Roman Catholics about the morality of the theatre which ultimately culminated in the appointment in 1912 of Montreal's first secular theatre censor.
Our Lady of the Snows features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Literary studies: general, History
Our Lady of the Snows is available in Hardback
Our Lady of the Snows was written by Ramon Hathorn and published by P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Our Lady of the Snows has 327 pages
Yes it is part of Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures series