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A study of all of the major tragedies of Jean Racine, France's preeminent dramatist—and, according to many, its greatest and most representative author—Mitchell Greenberg's work offers an exploration of Racinian tragedy to explain the enigma of the plays' continued fascination.



Table of Contents

A Note on Text and Translations
Preface
Introduction: Spectacle, Myth, Sacrifice: Racinian Tragedy and the Origins of Modernity
1. La Thébaïde: Politics and Monstrous Origins
2. Andromaque: Myth and Melancholy
3. Britannicus: Power, Perversion, and Paranoia
4. Oriental Oedipus: Bérénice, Bajazet, Mithridate
5. Iphigénie: Sacrifice and Sovereignty
6. Phèdre (et Hippolyte): Tabou, Transgression, and the Birth of Democracy?
7. Esther, Athalie: Religion, and Revolution in Racine's Heavenly City
Notes
Index

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 22/01/2010
      ISBN13: 9780816660841, 978-0816660841
      ISBN10: 0816660840
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: plays and playwrights

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A study of all of the major tragedies of Jean Racine, France's preeminent dramatist—and, according to many, its greatest and most representative author—Mitchell Greenberg's work offers an exploration of Racinian tragedy to explain the enigma of the plays' continued fascination.



      Table of Contents

      A Note on Text and Translations
      Preface
      Introduction: Spectacle, Myth, Sacrifice: Racinian Tragedy and the Origins of Modernity
      1. La Thébaïde: Politics and Monstrous Origins
      2. Andromaque: Myth and Melancholy
      3. Britannicus: Power, Perversion, and Paranoia
      4. Oriental Oedipus: Bérénice, Bajazet, Mithridate
      5. Iphigénie: Sacrifice and Sovereignty
      6. Phèdre (et Hippolyte): Tabou, Transgression, and the Birth of Democracy?
      7. Esther, Athalie: Religion, and Revolution in Racine's Heavenly City
      Notes
      Index

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