Racine : from ancient myth to tragic modernity /

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A study of all of the major tragedies of Jean Racine, France's preeminent dramatist--and, according to many, its greatest and most representative author--Mitchell Greenberg's work offers an exploration of Racinian tragedy to explain the enigma of the plays' continued fascination. Gree...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenberg, Mitchell, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Racine, Jean, > 1639-1699 > Criticism and interpretation.
Racine, Jean, > 1639-1699
French drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Tragédie française > Histoire et critique.
DRAMA > Continental European.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
French drama (Tragedy)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: spectacle, myth, sacrifice : Racinian tragedy and the origins of modernity
  • La Thébaïde : politics and monstrous origins
  • Andromaque : myth and melancholy
  • Britannicus : power, perversion, and paranoia
  • Bérénice, Bajazet, Mithridate : oriental Oedipus
  • Iphigénie : sacrifice and sovereignty
  • Phèdre (et Hippolyte) : taboo, transgression, and the birth of democracy?
  • Esther, Athalie : religion, and revolution in Racine's heavenly city.

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