02703nam 2200553Ia 450 991045886890332120200520144314.00-8166-7055-2(CKB)2670000000013928(EBL)496590(OCoLC)593356362(SSID)ssj0000342079(PQKBManifestationID)11255252(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342079(PQKBWorkID)10285605(PQKB)10539527(MiAaPQ)EBC496590(MdBmJHUP)muse39707(Au-PeEL)EBL496590(CaPaEBR)ebr10375881(CaONFJC)MIL523319(EXLCZ)99267000000001392820091113d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRacine[electronic resource] from ancient myth to tragic modernity /Mitchell GreenbergMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20101 online resource (306 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-6084-0 0-8166-6083-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: spectacle, myth, sacrifice : Racinian tragedy and the origins of modernity -- La Thebaïde : politics and monstrous origins -- Andromaque : myth and melancholy -- Britannicus : power, perversion, and paranoia -- Berenice, Bajazet, Mithridate : oriental Oedipus -- Iphigenie : sacrifice and sovereignty -- Phedre (et Hippolyte) : taboo, transgression, and the birth of democracy? -- Esther, Athalie : religion, and revolution in Racine's heavenly city.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 references to physical activity were banned from the stage. Yet contemporary accounts of the performances describe vivid emotional reactions of the audienceFrench drama (Tragedy)History and criticismElectronic books.French drama (Tragedy)History and criticism.842/.4Greenberg Mitchell1946-1044103MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458868903321Racine2470666UNINA