ASPECTS OF RACINIAN TRAGEDY

Not much remained to be said about Racine as a dramatic artist, but as one brought up to consider Shakespeare as the model of tragedy, the author brings a fresh approach to a dramatist who has been to a great extent a Gallic monopoly.

About the author

JOHN C. LAPP holds degrees from Queen's University and from Cornell Unviersity. He has taught French in a number of American colleges and unviersities, including Oberlin College and the University of California at Los Angeles. Since 1963 he has been Executive Head of the Department of French and Italian at Standford University. His most recent book was Aspects of Racinian Tragedy.

Summary

Not much remained to be said about Racine as a dramatic artist, but as one brought up to consider Shakespeare as the model of tragedy, the author brings a fresh approach to a dramatist who has been to a great extent a Gallic monopoly.

Product details

• Authors: Lapp John C. Lapp, John Lapp, John C Lapp, John C. Lapp
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781487576981
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-7698-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Weight: 1 g
• Series: HERITAGE
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies