Jean Racine : a critical biography /: a critical biography. (2022)
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- Book
- Title:
- Jean Racine : a critical biography /: a critical biography. (2022)
- Main Title:
- Jean Racine : a critical biography
- Further Information:
- Note: Geoffrey Brereton.
- Authors:
- Brereton, Geoffrey
- Contents:
- Principal Dates. Introduction. Part I: The Varied Prospect 1. Boyhood and Port-Royal 2. Paris and the Vitarts 3. Uzès Part II: Through the Jungle 4. The Theatre in 1663 5. Racine’s Debut: La Thébaïde and Alexandre 6. The Break with Port-Royal 7. Andromaque 8. Life and Death of the Du Parc. Les Plaideurs 9. The Challenge of Corneille 10. The Assault on Corneille: Britannicus 11. The Defeat of Corneille: Bérénice 12. Patrons, Friends and Lovers 13. A Turkish Interlude: Bajazet 14. The Fruits of Success. Mithridate, Iphigénie 15. The Quarrel of Phèdre 16. Phèdre Part III: The Promised Land 17. Towards Security 18. The Dramatist Re-born: Esther and Athalie 19. The Eternal Theatre 20. The Bourgeois Years: Family and Religion 21. The Last Phase 22. The Originality of Racine. Appendix: La Voisin’s Testimony. Notes. Bibliographical Note. Index.
- Edition:
- Revised edition
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 842.4
- Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000588484
9781000588453
9781003282655 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781032253114
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- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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