Author: Mitchell Greenberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135015508X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The period covered by this volume in the Cultural History of Tragedy set is bookended by two shockingly similar historical events: the beheading of a king, Charles I of England in 1649 and Louis XIV of France in 1793. The period between these two dates saw enormous political, social and economic changes that altered European society's cultural life. Tragedy, which had dominated the European stage at the beginning of this period, gradually saw itself replaced by new literary forms, culminating in the gradual decline of theatrical tragedy from the heights it had reached in the 1660s. The dominance of France's military and cultural prestige during this period is reflected in the important, almost exclusive, space dedicated in this volume to the French stage. This book covers the tragedies of France's two greatest playwrights - Pierre Corneille (1606-84) and Jean Racine (1639-99) - which would dominate not only the French stage but, through translations and adaptations, became the model of tragic theater across Europe, finding imitators in England (Dryden), Italy (Alfieri) and as far afield as Russia. This dominance continued well into the 18th century with the triumph of Voltaire's tragedies. This volume also examines how the writings of Diderot and Lessing changed the direction of theatre and how after the Revolution, in the writings of Goethe, Shiller, Hegel, tragedy and the tragic were reimagined and became the sign of European modernity. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: forms and media; sites of performance and circulation; communities of production and consumption; philosophy and social theory; religion, ritual and myth; politics of city and nation; society and family, and gender and sexuality.
A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Age of Enlightenment
Author: Mitchell Greenberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135015508X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The period covered by this volume in the Cultural History of Tragedy set is bookended by two shockingly similar historical events: the beheading of a king, Charles I of England in 1649 and Louis XIV of France in 1793. The period between these two dates saw enormous political, social and economic changes that altered European society's cultural life. Tragedy, which had dominated the European stage at the beginning of this period, gradually saw itself replaced by new literary forms, culminating in the gradual decline of theatrical tragedy from the heights it had reached in the 1660s. The dominance of France's military and cultural prestige during this period is reflected in the important, almost exclusive, space dedicated in this volume to the French stage. This book covers the tragedies of France's two greatest playwrights - Pierre Corneille (1606-84) and Jean Racine (1639-99) - which would dominate not only the French stage but, through translations and adaptations, became the model of tragic theater across Europe, finding imitators in England (Dryden), Italy (Alfieri) and as far afield as Russia. This dominance continued well into the 18th century with the triumph of Voltaire's tragedies. This volume also examines how the writings of Diderot and Lessing changed the direction of theatre and how after the Revolution, in the writings of Goethe, Shiller, Hegel, tragedy and the tragic were reimagined and became the sign of European modernity. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: forms and media; sites of performance and circulation; communities of production and consumption; philosophy and social theory; religion, ritual and myth; politics of city and nation; society and family, and gender and sexuality.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135015508X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The period covered by this volume in the Cultural History of Tragedy set is bookended by two shockingly similar historical events: the beheading of a king, Charles I of England in 1649 and Louis XIV of France in 1793. The period between these two dates saw enormous political, social and economic changes that altered European society's cultural life. Tragedy, which had dominated the European stage at the beginning of this period, gradually saw itself replaced by new literary forms, culminating in the gradual decline of theatrical tragedy from the heights it had reached in the 1660s. The dominance of France's military and cultural prestige during this period is reflected in the important, almost exclusive, space dedicated in this volume to the French stage. This book covers the tragedies of France's two greatest playwrights - Pierre Corneille (1606-84) and Jean Racine (1639-99) - which would dominate not only the French stage but, through translations and adaptations, became the model of tragic theater across Europe, finding imitators in England (Dryden), Italy (Alfieri) and as far afield as Russia. This dominance continued well into the 18th century with the triumph of Voltaire's tragedies. This volume also examines how the writings of Diderot and Lessing changed the direction of theatre and how after the Revolution, in the writings of Goethe, Shiller, Hegel, tragedy and the tragic were reimagined and became the sign of European modernity. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: forms and media; sites of performance and circulation; communities of production and consumption; philosophy and social theory; religion, ritual and myth; politics of city and nation; society and family, and gender and sexuality.
Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustre
Author: Pierre Athanase Larousse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French
Languages : en
Pages : 1780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French
Languages : en
Pages : 1780
Book Description
French Classics
Author: Gustave Masson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375256380X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375256380X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Cultural Transfer Through Translation
Author: Stefanie Stockhorst
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9042029501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Studies, at least as much as to historical translation studies. --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9042029501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Studies, at least as much as to historical translation studies. --Book Jacket.
Cinna, ou La clémence d'Auguste, tragédie du grand Corneille
A Partial List of Plays in the Library ...
Author: St. Louis Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Forster Collection
Author: South Kensington Museum. Forster Collection
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
French classics: A selection of plays by Corneille, Molière, and Racine
Author: Gustave Masson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French literature
Languages : fr
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French literature
Languages : fr
Pages : 254
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description