Fortune and Fatality : Performing the Tragic in Early Modern France.

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hosford, Desmond
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.
Subjects:
1500-1699
French drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
French drama > 16th century > History and criticism.
French drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Tragédie française > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre français > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre français > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
French drama.
French drama (Tragedy)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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