Conclusion

Knapp, Bettina L.

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Bettina L. Knapp²

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French theatre between the two World Wars reached a new high technically, philosophically, and psychologically. It saw a break with naturalism and impressionism; it witnesses an exploration into humankind’s murky depths; it revealed a need to shear away the mask concealing those mephitic realms so deeply entrenched in individuals and societies.

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Hunter College, and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA
Bettina L. Knapp (Professor of Romance Languages and Comparative Literature)

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Knapp, B.L. (1985). Conclusion. In: French Theatre 1918–1939. Macmillan Modern Dramatists. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17985-5_12

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