{"product_id":"corneille-and-racine-problems-of-tragic-form-paperback-9780521098144","title":"Corneille and Racine; Problems of Tragic Form (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521098144","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCorneille and Racine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProblems of Tragic Form\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis study highlights that both Corneille and Racine were living writers, struggling to create developing forms within the strait-jacket of neo-classical decorum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGordon Pocock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521098144, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 October 1973\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCorneille and Racine may seem like marble monuments of an unchanging typical classicism. Mr Pocock is concerned to show that each of these great dramatists was a living writer, struggling to create developing forms and that the rules of neo-classical decorum were a strait-jacket to them. We can see in their writings a hesitation between poetic drama which creates its own forms from within and naturalistic drama which opts for truth to common life and a medium. In an interesting and comprehensive examination of the two authors, Mr Pocock shows the range of Coneille's achievement, and explains that a good seal which had been dismissed as decadence or incompetence was the result of his casting about for new forms. A section on Racine shows him opting for a deepening mode of drama which rejects naturalism and is implicitly subversive of neo-classical rules.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Corneille and the critics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Le Cid\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cinna\u003cbr\u003e 5. Polyeucte\u003cbr\u003e 6. Corneille's verse\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rodogune\u003cbr\u003e 9. Suréna\u003cbr\u003e 10. Corneille - some conclusions\u003cbr\u003e 11. Racine - career and background\u003cbr\u003e 12. Racine - the beginnings\u003cbr\u003e 13. Approaches to tragedy\u003cbr\u003e 14. Bérénice\u003cbr\u003e 15. The dramatic art of Racine\u003cbr\u003e 16. Phèdre\u003cbr\u003e 17. Athalie\u003cbr\u003e 18. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006388982040,"sku":"9780521098144","price":29.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521098144i_30e8fd01-5c49-42a1-a609-71b705118568.jpg?v=1694970633","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/corneille-and-racine-problems-of-tragic-form-paperback-9780521098144","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}