{"product_id":"passing-judgement-9781487500269","title":"Passing Judgement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Passing Judgement, Hélène Bilis examines how an overlooked character-typethe royal judgeremained a constant of the tragic genre throughout the 17th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is an excellent addition to scholarship on both humanist and classical French theater.\" -- Brian Moots, Pittsburgh State University * \u003cem\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE  INTRODUCTION  CHAPTER 1: The Critique of Le Cid: Richelieu, Royal Judgment, and the Rules  CHAPTER 2: Failed Judgments, Thwarted Justice: Alexandre Hardy's Scedase ou l'hospitalite violee  CHAPTER 3: The Ceremony Unravels: Tragedy's Comedic Turn  CHAPTER 4: Learning From Experience: On Corneille and Coherence  CHAPTER 5: Corneille's Cinna and Rotrou's Crisante: A Search for the Emperor's Judgment  CHAPTER 6: Racine and Royal Fathers of Injustice-Mithridate and Phedre  CONCLUSION  Note  Bibliography  Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187718742359,"sku":"9781487500269","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/passing-judgement-9781487500269","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}