| Cinna: Or the Clemency of Augustus Contributor(s): Pierce, John R. (Translator), Corneille, Pierre (Author) |
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ISBN: 1796982199 ISBN-13: 9781796982190 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - French |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.37 lbs) 106 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cinna, his beloved Emilia, and his friend Maximus are participants in a plot to assassinate the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar. What will happen to them when Augustus learns of the plot? The first performance of Cinna occurred either late in 1640 or early in 1641, most likely at the Th tre du Marais in Paris, where Le Cid and Horace had previously been performed. The text of Cinna was printed and published in 1643. The subject matter of the play was derived from a chapter in Seneca's De Clementia. The present volume is a translation of Corneille's French alexandrine verse into English iambic pentameter. Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 - October 1, 1684) was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Moli re and Racine. |