Author: Jean Racine
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Pages : 316
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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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Pages : 317
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Pages : 317
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Iphigenia: 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
Book Description
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.
Phaedra A Tragedy [in, Iphigenia: Phaedra: Athaliah: Translated and Introduced by John Cairncross] (Penguin Classics).
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Athaliah: A Tragedy [in, Iphigenia: Phaedra: Athaliah: Translated and Introduced by John Cairncross] (Penguin Classics).
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CLASSICS Iphigenia
Author: Jean Racine
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Category : Iphigenia (Greek mythology)
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Penguin Classics Introduction to Iphigenia
Author: John Cairncross
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Freud, Proust and Lacan
Author: Malcolm Bowie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521275880
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The views of Freud, Proust and Lacan are depicted through this staging of a series of provocative dialogues between psychological science and imaginative literature of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521275880
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The views of Freud, Proust and Lacan are depicted through this staging of a series of provocative dialogues between psychological science and imaginative literature of the twentieth century.
Incest, Drama and Nature's Law, 1550-1700
Author: Richard A. McCabe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521431735
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This is a full-length study of incest in English Renaissance and Restoration drama. Richard McCabe's comprehensive survey offers a literary history of this theme, informed by an investigation of the intellectual background, with particular emphasis on changing concepts of natural law, and consequent reassessments of classical tradition. It examines a wide range of theological, philosophical, legal and literary sources, in the context of modern psychological and sociological theories of family development. Extensive comparisons with classical models and contemporary European dramatists, from Tasso to Corneille and Racine, explore the volatile association between dramatic form and emotional content, structural experiment and sexual ambivalence. The centrality of the family to all human relationships, and the mutual reflection of familial politics and the patriarchal state make incest a powerful metaphor for the ambivalence of all concepts of 'natural' authority, and for various forms of social and political revolt.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521431735
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This is a full-length study of incest in English Renaissance and Restoration drama. Richard McCabe's comprehensive survey offers a literary history of this theme, informed by an investigation of the intellectual background, with particular emphasis on changing concepts of natural law, and consequent reassessments of classical tradition. It examines a wide range of theological, philosophical, legal and literary sources, in the context of modern psychological and sociological theories of family development. Extensive comparisons with classical models and contemporary European dramatists, from Tasso to Corneille and Racine, explore the volatile association between dramatic form and emotional content, structural experiment and sexual ambivalence. The centrality of the family to all human relationships, and the mutual reflection of familial politics and the patriarchal state make incest a powerful metaphor for the ambivalence of all concepts of 'natural' authority, and for various forms of social and political revolt.