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Kingdom of disorder : the theory of tragedy in Classical France /

"In this revisionist study of the poetics of tragedy during the French classical age, John Lyons challenges prevailing notions of a coherent, unified, and widely accepted "classical doctrine." By returning to major, yet recently neglected texts, Lyons analyzes conceptions of tragedy t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lyons, John D., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©1999.
Series:Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; v. 18.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In this revisionist study of the poetics of tragedy during the French classical age, John Lyons challenges prevailing notions of a coherent, unified, and widely accepted "classical doctrine." By returning to major, yet recently neglected texts, Lyons analyzes conceptions of tragedy that will surprise many readers familiar with the canonical tragedies of seventeenth-century France, tragedies sometimes wrongly assumed to have been constructed according to the precepts of a community of theorists." "This reassessment of French classical ideas about tragedy will be valuable to students and scholars of French literature, drama, and cultural history."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 251 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.
ISBN:0585366470
9780585366470
9781612490984
1612490980