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French Humanist Tragedy
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Author : Donald Stone
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1974
French Humanist Tragedy written by Donald Stone and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this, the first study of its kind to appear in English, the author - a professor of Romance Languages at Harvard University - discusses the concepts which determined the nature and function of French humanist tragedy and the importance of those concepts with regard to the genre's relationship to medieval, ancient and French classical drama. The emphasis on conceptual rather than formal considerations reveals strong ties between tragedy and other sixteenth century genres, now largely neglected. The book also shows that the formal changes in tragedy introduced by the humanists are less consequential than once thought, and in his last chapter suggests that a deeper appreciation of the character of French humanist tragedy can shed new light on the coming of classicism.
French Renaissance Tragedy
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Author : Gillian Jondorf
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1990-10-25
French Renaissance Tragedy written by Gillian Jondorf and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-10-25 with Drama categories.
The principle aim of this 1990 book is to encourage readers to find pleasure in sixteenth-century tragedies.
French Humanist Tragedy
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Author : Donald Stone
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1974
French Humanist Tragedy written by Donald Stone and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with France categories.
In this, the first study of its kind to appear in English, the author - a professor of Romance Languages at Harvard University - discusses the concepts which determined the nature and function of French humanist tragedy and the importance of those concepts with regard to the genre's relationship to medieval, ancient and French classical drama. The emphasis on conceptual rather than formal considerations reveals strong ties between tragedy and other sixteenth century genres, now largely neglected. The book also shows that the formal changes in tragedy introduced by the humanists are less consequential than once thought, and in his last chapter suggests that a deeper appreciation of the character of French humanist tragedy can shed new light on the coming of classicism.
French Tragic Drama In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries
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Author : Geoffrey Brereton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-04-24
French Tragic Drama In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries written by Geoffrey Brereton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
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 their reception by contemporaries. The traditionally great figures of Corneille and Racine are treated at some length, but their work is seen in perspective against the plays of their predecessors and of their own time. Garnier and Montchrestien are discussed, among others, as notable writers of Renaissance humanist tragedy. Sections are devoted to secondary but still important dramatists such as Mairet, Rotrou, Du Ryer, Tristan L’Hermite, Thomas Corneille and Quinault. A long chapter on Alexandre Hardy reviews the work of this neglected author and stresses his interest as a transitional link between the two centuries and as a vigorous pioneer of a type of drama which flourished for several decades after him concurrently with French ‘classical’ tragedy. The main currents of critical theory, social attitudes and stage history are described in their relation to the development of the drama. Well over a hundred plays are discussed or summarized; and the author has constantly referred back to the original material and has avoided an over-simplification of a vast subject which contains more exceptions and anomalies than has generally been recognized in the past. Chronological tables of the works of major dramatists, summaries of numerous plays and a bibliography containing modern editions of plays are included.
The Tragedy Of Pious Antigone 1580
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Author : Robert Garnier
language : en
Publisher: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies
Release Date : 2018
The Tragedy Of Pious Antigone 1580 written by Robert Garnier and has been published by Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
The Tragedy of Pious Antigone (1580) is the first English-language translation of Robert Garnier's Antigone, ou la Pieté. Written by France's earliest career tragedian, who also worked in the Paris Parliament and as a counselor at a judicial tribunal in the town of Le Mans, the play draws on various classical sources (especially Seneca, Statius, and Sophocles) to retell the well-known story of a family torn apart by war: as brothers Eteocles and Polynices fight to the death, their sister Antigone and mother Jocasta make repeated calls for peace. Originally published at the height of the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) that pitted Catholics and Protestants against each other, the five acts of Garnier's play would have had immediate resonance. Neither extolling nor defending one side or the other, this humanist tragedy, which also anticipates the style of Corneille and Racine, could have been appreciated not only by members of one religious community or the other, but by both as a seemingly non-partisan and earnest lamentation about, and reflection upon, troubled times. This famous story, re-imagined by countless authors including Bertolt Brecht, Jean Anouilh, Griselda Gambaro, Athol Fugard, and many others, is here re-told to emphasize empowered female voices in times of political division.
Forgetting Differences
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Author : Andrea Frisch
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-02
Forgetting Differences written by Andrea Frisch and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
Examines the impact of the royal politics of amnesia on tragedy and national historiography in France, 1560-1630
Onstage Violence In Sixteenth Century French Tragedy
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Author : Michael Meere
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-21
Onstage Violence In Sixteenth Century French Tragedy written by Michael Meere and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
The performance of violence on the stage has played an integral role in French tragedy since its inception. Onstage Violence in Sixteenth-Century French Tragedy is the first book to tell this story. It traces and examines the ethical and poetic stakes of violence, as playwrights were experimenting with the newly discovered genre during decades of religious and civil war (c. 1550-1598). The study begins with an overview of the origins of French vernacular tragedy and the complex relationships between violence, performance, ethics, and poetics. The volume focuses on specific plays and analyzes biblical, mythological, historical, and politically topical tragedies—including the stories of Cain and Abel, David and Goliath, Medea, the Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, the Roman general Regulus, and the assassination of the Duke of Guise in 1588—to show how the multifarious uses of violence on stage shed light on a range of pressing issues during that turbulent time, such as religion, gender, politics, and militantism.
Onstage Violence In Sixteenth Century French Tragedy
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Author : Michael Meere
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-13
Onstage Violence In Sixteenth Century French Tragedy written by Michael Meere and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-13 with Drama categories.
Studies the representation of violence in tragedies written for the French stage during the sixteenth century, and explores its connection with issues such as politics, religion, gender, and militantism to place the plays within their historical, cultural, and theatrical contexts.
The Literature Of The French Renaissance Humanism
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Author : Arthur Augustus Tilley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
The Literature Of The French Renaissance Humanism written by Arthur Augustus Tilley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with French literature categories.
French Orientalism
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Author : Desmond Hosford
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2010-07-12
French Orientalism written by Desmond Hosford and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
In 1798, Napoléon I launched his Egyptian Campaign and opened what has become recognized as the canonic period of French Orientalism, which extends from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century. As defined by Edward W. Said (Orientalism, 1978), Orientalism is intrinsically Eurocentric and places the Orient in opposition to the European West as the quintessentially foreign Other. In this sense, the Occident supposedly defines itself by gazing at the East as its inverse image and purportedly asserts a geopolitical dominance materially confirmed through imperialism and colonization. Although Europe may cast the Orient as the archetypal Other, this necessarily entails deep conflict since the Orient is also frequently posited as the source of Western civilization, which prohibits the articulation of a complete separation between Europe and the Orient. Nevertheless, according to French Orientalist discourse, the East had fallen into barbarism, inertia, and languished, awaiting the mission civilisatrice by which France undertook a heroic project of universal enlightenment. The canonic approach to Orientalism has drawn much criticism, which calls for re-examining the notion of French Orientalism, broadening the scope of enquiry, and exploring the history and ideological strategies behind French formulations of the Orient from the Middle Ages through the twenty-first century. Such an expanded field of investigation reveals that the canonic Orientalist paradigm is not universally applicable, particularly regarding material from before the late eighteenth century. New theoretical, literary, historical, philosophical, and cultural perspectives provide the opportunity to deploy, question, subvert, and resituate canonic Orientalist theories, revealing the continuing evolution and relevance of French Orientalism as a notion with global stakes and material consequences. Because of its broad scope and variety of theoretical approaches, this volume will interest scholars and students from a wide spectrum of disciplines, including literature, gender studies, history, theater, art history, music, cinema, and cultural studies.