Racine’s Tragedies of Tyranny

Racine’s Tragedies of Tyranny
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9789004695689
ISBN-13 : 9004695680
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Download or read book Racine’s Tragedies of Tyranny written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-04-25 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bajazet and Mithridate Racine depicts the tragedies of characters who either wield tyrannic power or are subjected to tyranny. This international collection of essays deploys cutting-edge research to illuminate the plays and their contexts. The contributors to this volume examine Racine’s stagecraft, his exploration of space, sound and silence, his language, and the psychology of those who exercise power or who attempt to maintain their freedom in the face of oppression. The reception and reworking of his plays by contemporaries and subsequent generations round off this wide-ranging study.


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