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Word as Action: Racine, Rhetoric, and Theatrical Language

Book by Michael Hawcroft; Oxford University, 1992

Subjects:

Racine, Jean--1639-1699--Technique, Rhetoric--History--17th Century, Tragedy

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...depends. Whatever variations Racine may introduce into his presentation...particular strategies, because Racine makes it clear in advance what...the verbal action of Racines tragedies. For his contemporaries are...and gripping verbal action. Racine too has tragedies involving...
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Studies in French-Classical Tragedy

Book by Lacy Lockert; Vanderbilt University Press, 1958

Subjects:

Drama, French Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, French Drama--17th Century--History And Criticism, Racine, Jean--1639-1699

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Thomas, 11 , 513 ; Spanish Tragedy , 513 . La Calprenede, 220...380 , 383 , 395 , 514 ; Jean Racine , 12 , 14 , 101 , 297 , 319...Lockert, 315 ; Best Plays of Racine , 9 , 399 ; Chief Plays of...Chief Rivals of Corneille and Racine , 9 ; Racines Mid-Career Tragedies , 9 , 314 . Longueville...
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Freedom, Slavery, and Absolutism: Corneille, Pascal, Racine

Book by Ziad Elmarsafy; Bucknell University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Authoritarianism In Literature, Corneille, Pierre--1606-1684--Criticism And Interpretation, French Literature--17th Century--History And Criticism, Liberty In Literature, Pascal, Blaise--1623-1662--Criticism And Interpretation, Racine, Jean--1639-1699--Criticism And Interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...ing kernel that generates nearly all of Racine's tragedies. Although there were no black slaves as such in Racine's theater, and the African slave trade...Heliodorus was, as is well-known, one of Racine's favorites; so much so that he not...
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Jean Racine: A Critical Biography

Book by Geoffrey Brereton; Cassell, 1951

Subjects:

Drama, Dramatists, French--17th Century--Bibliography, Racine, Jean--1639-1699--Biography

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...and this feature of Quinault tragedies which Racine had reproduced in Alexandre...become characteristic of French tragedy after Corneille and have marked...first was the appearance of Racine, in whose character as an...absolutely to be called the tender Racine. The existence of the pompous...
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Corneille and Racine in England: A Study of the English Translations of the Two Corneilles and Racine, with Especial Reference to Their Presentation on the English Stage

Book by Dorothea Frances Canfield; Macmillan, 1904

Subjects:

Corneille, Pierre--1606-1684, Corneille, Thomas--1625-1709, Fiction, Racine, Jean--1639-1699

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...translations made from the tragedies of Racine and Corneille. The comparison between Otways tragedy and Racines is extremely...that he was a writer of tragedy, as well as a translator...e. to make an English tragedy out of a French one...

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A Marriage Made in Heaven? 'Racine' and 'Love'

Journal article by John Campbell; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006

Subjects:

Love--Portrayals, Racine, Jean (French playwright)--Criticism and interpretation, Racine, Jean (French playwright)--Works, Tragedies (Drama)--Criticism and interpretation

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...4) This view of Racine as the playwright of...roots in his second tragedy, Alexandre le Grand...The idea that his tragedies are the expression...a chunk of Racinian tragedy merely to be dismissed...not needed to make tragedies attractive. (14) The reputation acquired by Racine was such that in that...not necessary in a tragedy: Lamour qui a dordinaire...
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Racine: Ce Que la Tragedie N'est Pas

Journal article by Roger Pensom; The Romanic Review, Vol. 91, 2000

Subjects:

Authors, French--Criticism, interpretation, etc., French drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Racine, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tragedies (Drama)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...trait commun des tragedies de la maturite de Racine et a partir de la...573. (19.) Racine: The Limits of Tragedy (Tubingen, Biblio...de qui?" dans Racine: Mythes et realites...Campbell, "The tragedy of Britannicus...
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L'etat, E'est L'autre: Passion, Politics, and Alterity in Senault and Racine

Journal article by Ehsan Ahmed; The Romanic Review, Vol. 93, 2002

Subjects:

French literature--Analysis, Racine, Jean

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Robert Laffont, 1947. (7.) Racine uses Senault to challenge...illustrious" action worthy of tragedy. See Defaux for a treatment...The Case of Berenice: Racine, Corneille, and Mimetic...239. (8.) There are six tragedies which examine the clash of...Press, 1996. (10.) Jean Racine, Ouvres completes, Vol...
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The Anxiety of Senecan Influence in Racine, or Phedre in the Labyrinth

Journal article by Stephen Bold; The Romanic Review, Vol. 92, 2001

Subjects:

French literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Racine, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...fairly argued that Euripidess tragedy Hippolytus--given the plays...invocation of the Eurpidean model (Racine names Euripides five times...written of "the manner in which Racine ... consciously avoids admitting...in four or five of the nine tragedies: for La Thebaide, cf. Phoenissae...and exclusion of Seneca in Racine" (Levitan 190). In his...
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Tragedy and Timon of Athens

Journal article by Robert B. Pierce; Comparative Drama, 2002

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Dramatic criticism, Shakespeare, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Timon of Athens (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tragedies (Drama)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...peril in critical ideas of tragedy is what might be called...literature from Aeschylus to Racine and beyond are tragedies, the genre itself is often...general usage of the term tragedy, the qualities that most of us associate with tragedies, though a critic may choose...the hero, unlike Greek tragedy--a fact which suggests that in the later tragedies the heros death has a special...

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Greek Odyssey. Simon Goldhill Explains How He Came to Be Hooked on Greek Tragedy at an Early Age-And Has Stayed Hooked

Magazine article by Simon Goodhill; History Today, Vol. 57, December 2007

Subjects:

Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation, Greek tragedy--Appreciation, Theater--Appreciation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Came to Be Hooked on Greek Tragedy at an Early Age-And Has Stayed...were quick to use the word tragedy ... But what I had seen in...most stunning form in Greek tragedy. The supple and dense language...own Greek verses. A piece of Racine in French, or Shakespeare...
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An American Tragedy

Magazine article by James Bowman; The American Spectator, Vol. 42, November 2009

Subjects:

Female employees, Profanity, Suicides & suicide attempts, Theater, Women

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...rape. It ends, as tragedy usually ends, in murder...accomplishments was to make Racine enthralling. Generally...anyway, a little of Racine goes a long way, and...neoclassical maxim that tragedies should be tragic and...up so promiscuously. Tragedy has to be as well done...Either they thought that Racine or Hughes, or Miss...
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Still Dangerous after All These Years

Magazine article by Toby Zinman; American Theatre, Vol. 16, March 1999

Subjects:

Electra (Drama)--Performances, Greek drama (Tragedy)--Performances, Hecuba (Drama)--Performances, Medea (Theater)--Performances, Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...exclusively on the womens tragedies: Hecuba, Electra, Iphigenia...time the Greek was by way of Racine. Thats a lot of tragedy for nine months in America...Another common trope in the tragedies is the murder of children...great things about Greek tragedy is that it was conceived...his versions of the Greek tragedies (including the Akalaitis...
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Small but Perfectly Performed

Magazine article by David Jays; New Statesman, Vol. 129, December 18, 2000

Subjects:

Almeida Theatre--History, Kent, Jonathan--Production and direction, McDiarmid, Ian--Production and direction, Theaters--History, Theatrical producers and directors--Production and direction

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...theatre. Each season brings revelations, reassessing Racine, Rattigan, Lorca, Marivaux and Shaw. Asked to pick...gearing-up for Diana." They later collaborated on two Racine tragedies in the West End, notably a thrilling Phedre, in Ted...
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Poet Richard Wilbur's a Translator's Tale: 50-Plus-Year Relationship with Moliere Is One of the Theatre's Great Love Affairs

Magazine article by Dana Gioia; American Theatre, Vol. 26, April 2009

Subjects:

Poets, Wilbur, Richard

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...translated two neoclassical verse tragedies by Racine--Andromache (1982) and...or the high tragic music of Racine and Corneille, Wilbur has...translations from Corneille--a tragedy (Le Cid) and a comedy...have also translated plays by Racine and Corneille. Is the old...

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Showing a True Sense of Community in Face of Tragedy

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 22, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Showing a True Sense of Community in Face of Tragedy. Byline: Emily Ngo Ill admit I barely knew what to expect...I cannot say enough about." Also contributing were the Racine County sheriffs office, the Mount Pleasant Fire Department...
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Language of Ill-Fated Love Is a Revelation; A French Classic Opens at Northern Stage Tonight in Its Mother Tongue, as Sam Wonfor Hears

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), April 1, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Jean Racines most classic tragedies in both English (in 1985...performed plays in France. Racine is incredibly famous there...school child will have read Racine," says Declan. "I think...between bawdy humour and bloody tragedy contained in Shakespeare, Racine might strike the English as...
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Park Districts Give Seniors the Chance to Travel, Sightsee

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 23, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Chicago for the Treasures Tragedies of Hyde Park/Kenwood? Imagine...where the Leopold and Loeb tragedy unfolded, as well. Other...park districts is A Day In Racine with About Tours Sept. 15...Golden Rondell brought to Racine from the 1964 Worlds Fair...Danish pastry associated with Racine. The trip, including lunch...

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Tragedy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and Thomas Kyd s The Spanish Tragedy (1594), often cited as the first revenge tragedy. These in turn served as models for the towering tragedies of the period, Marlowes Dr...Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine ; and the Germans G. E...Domestic, and Political Tragedy Tragedy can also be a vision...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...than either comedy or tragedy. Notable Italian practitioners...Estienne Jodelle s Senecan tragedy Cleopatre captive...French neoclassical tragedies of Jean Racine and the comedies of...equally adept at writing tragedies, comedies, or chronicle...sensationalism and rhetoric in tragedy, as in the works of...playwrights in England. Jean Racine brought clarity of...
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Corneille, Pierre

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...French dramatist, ranking with Racine as a master of French classical tragedy. Educated by Jesuits, he...1629), a comedy. His first tragedy, Medee (1635), was followed...the finest of his score of tragedies that followed are Horace...embittered by the rise of Racine, who replaced him in popular...
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Voltaire, FranÇois Marie Arouet De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...There he rewrote his first tragedy, OEdipe (1718), and began...1729, he produced several tragedies, among them Brutus (1730...Corneille, wrote commentaries on Racine, and turned out a stream...the first performance of his tragedy Irene, in Paris. His journey...18th-century imitators of Racine. Voltaire was significant...
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Otway, Thomas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Later plays include the rhymed heroic tragedy Don Carlos (1672); an adaptation of Racine, called Titus and Berenice, (1676...greatest plays are the blank-verse tragedies The Orphan (1680) and Venice Preserved...formal manner of the Restoration heroic tragedy. He died in poverty at age 33. See...

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