Geoffrey Brereton

French Tragic Drama in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1973, the history of French tragedy and tragicomedy from their origins in the sixteenth century to the last years of Louis XIV's reign is here surveyed in a single volume. Dr Brereton examines the plays as types of drama, the circumstances in which they were produced and their reception by contemporaries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000579017
• Artikelnr.: 63894027

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Brereton

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Prologue. 1. The Beginnings of French Tragedy 2. Robert Garnier
3. From Garnier to Hardy 4. Alexandre Hardy 5. Towards Classical Tragedy 6.
Pierre Corneille: The First Period, 1629-1651 7. Corneille's Principal
Contemporaries 8. Pierre Corneille: The Second Period, 1659-1674 9.
Romanesque Tragedy: Thomas Corneille and Quinault 10. Jean Racine 11. After
Racine and Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.