| Anne-Josèphe: A Stage Play Contributor(s): Wilczak, William (Author), Sharp, James (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1525596179 ISBN-13: 9781525596179 Publisher: FriesenPress OUR PRICE: $36.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Canadian - History | Revolutionary - History | Europe - France |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.80 lbs) 528 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anne-Josèphe: A Stage Play brings to life the historic Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt, a commonly overlooked revolutionary who fought for liberty and equality for women during the French Revolution. Bold and passionate about effecting change, AnneJosèphe dons men's clothes, arms herself, and trains French women as Amazones. She encounters many key players in the French Revolution - such as Abbé Sieyès, Marquis de Condorcet, Madame Roland, Claire Lacombe, and Marat - yet she also draws the attention of a vicious and chauvinistic press. As blood spills between rival factions over the governance and future of France, Anne-Josèphe finds her own freedom - and mental health - slipping away. Anne-Josèphe is an epic tragedy written with an existential lens and includes an introduction to Existentialism to attune readers to this philosophy. Historical and dramatic, reasoned and emotional, this play represents our past, present, and possibly our future if we don't face our existing struggles and overall spiritlessness in our age.... |