LEADER 02703nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910458868903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-7055-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000013928 035 $a(EBL)496590 035 $a(OCoLC)593356362 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342079 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11255252 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342079 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285605 035 $a(PQKB)10539527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496590 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39707 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496590 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10375881 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523319 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000013928 100 $a20091113d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRacine$b[electronic resource] $efrom ancient myth to tragic modernity /$fMitchell Greenberg 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-6084-0 311 $a0-8166-6083-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: spectacle, myth, sacrifice : Racinian tragedy and the origins of modernity -- La Thebai?de : 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. 330 $aA 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 audience 606 $aFrench drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrench drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a842/.4 700 $aGreenberg$b Mitchell$f1946-$01044103 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458868903321 996 $aRacine$92470666 997 $aUNINA