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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467143203321

Titolo

Andreas Friz's letter on tragedies (ca. 1741-1744) : an eighteenth-century Jesuit contribution to pheatre poetics / / critical edition and introduction by Nienke Tjoelker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28374-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe, , 2211-341X ; ; Volume 4

Disciplina

872/.04

Soggetti

Tragedy - History and criticism

Drama - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Jesuit theater - Europe - History - 18th century

Jesuit drama - Europe - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Jesuit Theatre, Poetics and Andreas Friz -- Latin Text and Translation -- Introduction to Friz’s Analyses of Racine’s Plays -- Latin Text -- Bibliography -- Index of Personal Names.

Sommario/riassunto

In Andreas Friz’s Letter on tragedies (ca. 1741-1744) Nienke Tjoelker offers insight into the Jesuit school theatre of the eighteenth century. Commonly ignored by scholars, who assume that by then Jesuit theatre was disappearing and of poor quality, it appears to be very much alive and interacting with contemporary vernacular theatre. Tjoelker places Friz's poetics in its historical and literary context in an extensive introduction and presents an edition with translation. She investigates Friz's focus on the imitation of French classical writers, such as Jean Racine (1639-1699) and Pierre Corneille (1606-1684). Friz criticised his colleagues for their excessive use of multimedia ornaments, which hindered the correct application of the three classical unities and verisimilitude.