Racine and Shakespeare

by Stendhal and Leon Delbos

Book Overview

This major critical work by the great French novelist reveals Stendhal's decisive role in the literary renaissance called Romanticism. Written sixteen years before 'The Charterhouse of Parma', it marked the beginning of his illustrious career and established him at the forefront of the French Romantic movement. The first part of 'Racine and Shakespeare' appeared as a pamphlet in 1823, when Waterloo was still bitterly alive in the French mind. In it,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847498493
• ISBN13: 9781847498496
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"