Corneille, Classicism and the Ruses of Symmetry

by Mitchell Greenberg

Book Overview

Professor Greenberg's lucid study examines the themes of authority, power and sexuality in Corneille's major plays, drawing on the work of Foucault, and Freudian and feminist critics. He begins by considering the question of myth and of a 'pre-historical' cultural memory in M d e, and proceeds to a detailed analysis of each of the four best-known tragedies: Le Cid, Horace, Cinna, and Polyeucte. A concluding chapter discusses two middle-period plays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123429
• ISBN13: 9780521123426
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"