Pierre Corneille: Poetics and Political Drama Under Louis XIII

by David Clarke

In this three-part study of the serious plays that Corneille wrote between 1630 and 1643, David Clarke first explores the Norman experience and identity of the dramatist himself. A second section reviews the principles and distinctiveness of his poetics in a period when literary activity, and particularly historical drama, became increasingly subject to central government pressures. The third and final section discusses the political and tragic significance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521103959
• ISBN13: 9780521103954
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"