Racine: From Ancient Myth to Tragic Modernity

by Mitchell Greenberg

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A study of all of the major tragedies of Jean Racine, France's preeminent dramatist-and, according to many, its greatest and most representative author-Mitchell Greenberg's work offers an exploration of Racinian tragedy to explain the enigma of the plays' continued fascination.

Greenberg shows how Racine uses myth, in particular the legend of Oedipus, to achieve his emotional power. In the seventeenth-century tragedies of Racine, almost all...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0816660832

ISBN13:9780816660834

Release Date:January 2010

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:287 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"

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Drama History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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