{"product_id":"passing-judgement-the-politics-and-poetics-of-sovereignty-in-french-tragedy-from-hardy-to-racine-hardback-9781487500269","title":"Passing Judgement; The Politics and Poetics of Sovereignty in French Tragedy from Hardy to Racine (Hardback) 9781487500269","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePassing Judgement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics and Poetics of Sovereignty in French Tragedy from Hardy to Racine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHelene E. Bilis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487500269\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 October 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an excellent addition to scholarship on both humanist and classical French theater.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Brian Moots, Pittsburgh State University (\u003cem\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe royal judge was an archetypal character in French tragedy during the 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. This figure impersonated the king by asserting his judicial authority and bringing order to an otherwise chaotic world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePassing Judgement\u003c\/em\u003e, Hélène Bilis examines how an overlooked character-type—the royal judge—remained a constant of the tragic genre throughout the 17th century, although the specifics of his role and position fluctuated as playwrights experimented with changing models of sovereignty onstage. Her readings analyze how this royal decision-maker stood at the intersection of political and theatrical debates, and evolved through a process of trial and error in which certain portrayals of kingship were deemed obsolete and were discarded, while others were promoted as culturally allowable and resonant. In tracing the royal judge\u0026amp;#x2019;s persistent presence and transformation, Bilis argues that we can better grasp the weighty political stakes of theatrical representations under the ancien régime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1: The Critique of \u003cem\u003eLe Cid\u003c\/em\u003e: Richelieu, Royal Judgement, and the Rules\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2: Failed Judgements, Thwarted Justice: Alexandre Hardy\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eScédase ou l\u0026amp;#x2019;hôspitalité violée\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3: The Ceremony Unravels: Tragedy\u0026amp;#x2019;s Comedic Turn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4: Learning From Experience: On Corneille and Coherence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5: Corneille\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eCinna\u003c\/em\u003e and Rotrou\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eCrisante\u003c\/em\u003e: A Search for the Emperor\u0026amp;#x2019;s Judgement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6: Racine and Royal Fathers of Injustice—\u003cem\u003eMithridate\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhèdre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONCLUSION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595447922968,"sku":"9781487500269","price":39.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/passing-judgement-the-politics-and-poetics-of-sovereignty-in-french-tragedy-from-hardy-to-racine-hardback-9781487500269","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}