1st Edition
French Tragic Drama in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
By Geoffrey Brereton
Copyright 1973
322 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. Beginning with a brief account of the development of drama from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, Dr Brereton examines the plays as types of drama, the circumstances in which they were produced and... Read more
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.
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Geoffrey Brereton
