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Athaliah: A Tragedy [in, Iphigenia: Phaedra: Athaliah: Translated and Introduced by John Cairncross] (Penguin Classics).
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Iphigenia: A Tragedy [in, Iphigenia: Phaedra: Athaliah: Translated and Introduced by John Cairncross] (Penguin Classics).
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Phaedra A Tragedy [in, Iphigenia: Phaedra: Athaliah: Translated and Introduced by John Cairncross] (Penguin Classics).
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Iphigenia, Phaedra, Athaliah
Author: Jean Racine
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190934X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 445
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Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639-99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a princess's absolute submission to her father's will, despite his determination to sacrifice her to gain divine favour before going to war. Described by Voltaire as 'the masterpiece of the human mind', Phaedra shows a woman's struggle to overcome her overwhelming passion for her stepson - an obsession that brings destruction to a noble family. And Athaliah portrays a ruthless pagan queen, who defies Jehovah in her desperate attempt to keep the throne of Jerusalem from its legitimate heir.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190934X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 445
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Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639-99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a princess's absolute submission to her father's will, despite his determination to sacrifice her to gain divine favour before going to war. Described by Voltaire as 'the masterpiece of the human mind', Phaedra shows a woman's struggle to overcome her overwhelming passion for her stepson - an obsession that brings destruction to a noble family. And Athaliah portrays a ruthless pagan queen, who defies Jehovah in her desperate attempt to keep the throne of Jerusalem from its legitimate heir.
Iphigenia. Phaedra. Athaliah. Translated and Introduced by John Cairncross
Author: Jean Racine
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Pages : 316
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Iphigenia, Phaedra, Athaliah
Author: Jean Racine
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Penguin Classics Introduction to Iphigenia
Author: John Cairncross
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CLASSICS Iphigenia
Author: Jean Racine
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Teaching French Neoclassical Tragedy
Author: Hélène E. Bilis
Publisher: Modern Language Association
ISBN: 1603295321
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Tragedy has been reborn many times since antiquity. Seventeenth-century French playwrights composed tragedies marked by neoclassical aesthetics and the divine-right absolutism of the Grand Siècle. But their works also speak to the modern imagination, inspiring reactions from Barthes, Derrida, and Foucault; adaptations and reworkings by Césaire and Kushner; and new productions by francophone and anglophone directors. This volume addresses both the history of French neoclassical tragedy--its audiences, performance practice, and development as a genre--and the ideas these works raise, such as necessity, free will, desire, power, and moral behavior in the face of limited choices. Essays demonstrate ways to teach the plays through a variety of lenses, such as performance, spectatorship, aesthetics, rhetoric, and affect. The book also explores postcolonial engagement, by writers and directors both in and outside France, with these works.
Publisher: Modern Language Association
ISBN: 1603295321
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Tragedy has been reborn many times since antiquity. Seventeenth-century French playwrights composed tragedies marked by neoclassical aesthetics and the divine-right absolutism of the Grand Siècle. But their works also speak to the modern imagination, inspiring reactions from Barthes, Derrida, and Foucault; adaptations and reworkings by Césaire and Kushner; and new productions by francophone and anglophone directors. This volume addresses both the history of French neoclassical tragedy--its audiences, performance practice, and development as a genre--and the ideas these works raise, such as necessity, free will, desire, power, and moral behavior in the face of limited choices. Essays demonstrate ways to teach the plays through a variety of lenses, such as performance, spectatorship, aesthetics, rhetoric, and affect. The book also explores postcolonial engagement, by writers and directors both in and outside France, with these works.
Sentence Structure and Characterization in the Tragedies of Jean Racine
Author: Mary Lynne Flowers
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838620564
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Sentence structure in Racine is demonstrated to be a powerful tool for characterization, and here, basic features are explored in the seven tragedies of Racine--terminal punctuation, sentence length, sentence type, use of questions and the conditional, and rapid-fire exchanges between characters.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838620564
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Sentence structure in Racine is demonstrated to be a powerful tool for characterization, and here, basic features are explored in the seven tragedies of Racine--terminal punctuation, sentence length, sentence type, use of questions and the conditional, and rapid-fire exchanges between characters.