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Racine: the Power and the Pleasure : The Power and the Pleasure by Derval Conroy (2019, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity College Dublin Press

ISBN-101900621568

ISBN-139781900621564

eBay Product ID (ePID)1969919

Product Key Features

Number of Pages264 Pages

Publication NameRacine: the Power and the Pleasure : the Power and the Pleasure

LanguageEnglish

SubjectDrama, European / General, Subjects & Themes / General

Publication Year2019

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Drama

AuthorDerval Conroy

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight20.3 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2001-536500

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal842/.4

Table Of ContentThe 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.

SynopsisEssays in English by French, Irish and German academics, which explore the relevance and interest of the tragic theatre today of the French dramatist, Jean Racine (1639-99).

LC Classification NumberPQ1905.R335 2001