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An integration of texts from political theory, psychoanalysis, history and literature, this work offers a strong interpretation of the interrelated representation of subjectivity and absolutism on the 17th-century stage.

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Introduction; Shakespeare's "Othello" and the "problem" of anxiety; "Fuenteovejuna" - the ideology of loss and the myth of history; "La vida es sueno" - patriarchy's sacrifice; playing dead - Corneille's canon and absolute tragedy; Racine's "Berenice" and the allegory of absolutism.

Canonical States Canonical Stages Oedipus

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/1994
      ISBN13: 9780816624119, 978-0816624119
      ISBN10: 0816624119

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An integration of texts from political theory, psychoanalysis, history and literature, this work offers a strong interpretation of the interrelated representation of subjectivity and absolutism on the 17th-century stage.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Shakespeare's "Othello" and the "problem" of anxiety; "Fuenteovejuna" - the ideology of loss and the myth of history; "La vida es sueno" - patriarchy's sacrifice; playing dead - Corneille's canon and absolute tragedy; Racine's "Berenice" and the allegory of absolutism.

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