French Renaissance Tragedy - The Dramatic Word

Zusammenfassung The tragedies produced in France in the sixteenth century by writers such as Garnier! La Taille! and Jodelle are increasingly accessible in good modern editions. Their subject matter included Bible stories and recent history! as well as Greek legend and Roman history. Until now! scholars have tended to regard them as a staging post on the road to Corneille and Racine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Note on references and spelling; Introduction; 1. Allusiveness; 2. Exposition; 3. The rhetor; 4. The chorus; 5. Characterisation; 6. Shape; 7. Pleasures; Appendix; Notes; List of works cited and consulted; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jondorf Gillian, Gillian Jondorf, Gillian (University of Cambridge) Jondorf, Jondorf Gillian
• Collaboration: Michael Sheringham (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 20.04.2006
• EAN: 9780521025584
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02558-4
• Pages: 188
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in French; Cambridge Studies in French
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights