Birth Marks: The Tragedy of Primogeniture in Pierre Corneille, Thomas Corneille, and Jean Racine

by Richard E. Goodkin

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Through a study of the evolution of inheritance issues in seventeen tragedies written over the course of half a century the Corneille brothers, Pierre and Thomas, and by Jean Racine, Richard E. Goodkin questions the pervasive assumption that classical tragedy, a form written for the aristocracy, is informed exclusively by an aristocratic ethic.

Instead, a fresh reading of both canonical and noncanonical texts demonstrates that even the most...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812235509

ISBN13:9780812235500

Release Date:July 2000

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.29 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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