Passing Judgement : The Politics and Poetics of Sovereignty in French Tragedy from Hardy to Racine /

"The royal judge was an archetypal character in French tragedy during the 17th century. This figure impersonated the king by asserting his judicial authority and bringing order to an otherwise chaotic world. In Passing Judgment, Helene Bilis examines how an overlooked character-type-the royal j...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bilis, Helene (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sovereignty in literature.
Politics in literature.
Judgment in literature.
French drama (Tragedy)
French drama.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century
DRAMA > Continental European.
Politique dans la litterature.
Jugement dans la litterature.
Souverainete dans la litterature.
Tragedie française > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre français > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
French drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
French drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The critique of Le Cid : Richelieu, royal judgment, and the rules
  • Failed judgments, thwarted justice : Alexandre Hardy's Scedase ou l'hospitalite violee
  • The ceremony unravels : tragedy's comedic turn
  • Learning from experience : on Corneille and coherence
  • Corneille's Cinna and Rotrou's Crisante : a search for the emperor's judgment
  • Racine and royal fathers of injustice : Mithridate and Phedre.

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