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The thirteen essays in this collection by an outstanding group of French, German, and Irish scholars explore the relevance and interest of tragic theater today. They balance the exploration of themes as contemporary as the abuse and enjoyment of power, the unsettling pleasure to be derived from staged suffering, the unpredictability of the passions, and the authority of women.
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The Racinian hero and the classical theory of characterization, Georges Forestier; Racine's use of maxims, Jean-Louis Backes; women and power in "Britannicus" and "Berenice": the battle of blood and tears, Christian Biet; gender, power and authority in "Alexandre le Grand" and "Athalie", Derval Conroy; constructions of identity: mirrors of the "Other" in Racine's theatre, Jane Conroy; Racine's "Jacobite" plays: the politics of the Bible, Edric Caldicott; les freres ennemis: Racine, Moliere, and "la querelle du theatre", Robert McBride; Voltaire, women and reception: Racine in the 18th century, Marc Serge Riviere; pleasure in Racine, Louis van Delft; the magic and pleasure of "Berenice" today, Jean-Michel Delacomptee; Esther: prototype of an oratorio? The collaboration of Racine and Jean-Baptiste Moreau, Susanne Hartwig and Berthold Warnecke; Moreau as teacher: the impact of his vocation on the composition of "Esther", Grainne Gormley; Racine and the three vanities, Alain Viala.
