French Tragic Drama in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

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Originally published in 1973, the history of French tragedy and tragicomedy from their origins in the sixteenth century to the last years of Louis XIV’s reign is here surveyed in a single volume. Dr Brereton examines the plays as types of drama, the circumstances in which they were produced and their reception by contemporaries. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword Prologue 1 The Beginnings of French Tragedy 2 Robert Garnier 3 From Garnier to Hardy 4 Alexandre Hardy 5 Towards Classical Tragedy 6 Pierre Corneille: The First Period, 1629-1651 7 Corneille's Principal Contemporaries 8 Pierre Corneille: The Second Period, 1659-1674 9 Romanesque Tragedy: Thomas Corneille and Quinault 10 Jean Racine 11 After Racine and Conclusion Bibliography Index Tables Tragedy, Tragicomedy and Pastoral, 1621-1648 Plays of P. Corneille and his main contemporaries, 1634-1654 Plays of the two Corneilles, Quinault and Racine, 1656-1678