| Description |
1 online resource (228 pages) |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; THE IMAGE(S) OF THE TRAGIC IN LES TRAGIQUES BY AGRIPPA D'AUBIGNÉ; MAJOR E LONGINQUO REVERENTIA; ON THE MORALITY OF TRAGEDIES; PART II; NOBLE FAILURE IN THE DRAMA OF THE FRONDE; ROXELANE ON THE FRENCH TRAGIC STAGE; RHETORIC OF THE BODY AND TROPES OF UNREASON IN LA PRINCESSE DE CLÈVES; PART III; RACINE AND TRAGIC SUCCESSION; A WOMAN'S HAPPY TRAGEDY; THE ELOQUENCE OF WOMEN; EDITORS; CONTRIBUTORS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
As an aesthetic notion and dramatic genre, tragedy has enjoyed a privileged place in French culture, particularly during the early modern period when debates over its nature and philosophy reflected fascination with a style whose fundamental principles were drawn from ancient Greek sources. Through the works of Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine, routinely cited for an alleged regularity of form and content exemplifying the academic notion of French Classicism, tragedy has grounded the French l .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
French drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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French drama -- 16th century -- History and criticism
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French drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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French drama
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French drama (Tragedy)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443814928 |
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144381492X |
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