Fortune and fatality : performing the tragic in early modern France / edited by Desmond Hosford and Charles Wrightington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hosford, Desmond.

Wrightington, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

French drama (Tragedy).

French drama--16th century--History and criticism.

French drama.

French drama--17th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.

Language Note:

English

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...

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-41320-1

9786612413209

1-4438-1492-X

OCLC:

823720973