Racine: From Ancient Myth to Tragic Modernity

by Mitchell Greenberg

Book Overview

A study of all of the major tragedies of Jean Racine, France's preeminent dramatist-and, according to many, its greatest and most representative author-Mitchell Greenberg's work offers an exploration of Racinian tragedy to explain the enigma of the plays' continued fascination.

Greenberg shows how Racine uses myth, in particular the legend of Oedipus, to achieve his emotional power. In the seventeenth-century tragedies of Racine, almost all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816660832
• ISBN13: 9780816660834
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"