Corneille, Classicism and the Ruses of Symmetry

Informationen zum Autor Mitchell Greenberg is Goldwin Smith Professor of Romance Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of several books on seventeenth-century French literature and culture. Greenberg uses contemporary critical theories, particularly Freudian and post-Freudian approaches, in the interpretation of early modern texts. Klappentext Professor Greenberg's lucid study examines the themes of authority! power and sexuality in Corneille's major plays. Zusammenfassung Professor Greenberg's lucid study examines the themes of authority! power and sexuality in Corneille's major plays! drawing on the work of Foucault! and Freudian and feminist critics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prefaces; Introduction; 1. Mythifying matrix: Corneille's Médée and the birth of tragedy; 2. Le Cid: father/time; 3. Horace, classicism and female trouble; 4. Cinna: empty mirrors; 5. Polyeucte: seeing is believing; 6. Nicomède, Rodogune, Suréna: monsters, melanchology and the end of the ancien régime; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell Greenberg
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521123426
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12342-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French; Cambridge Studies in French
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies