| Racine: The Power and the Pleasure: The Power and the Pleasure Contributor(s): Conroy, Derval (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1900621576 ISBN-13: 9781900621571 Publisher: University College Dublin Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 Annotation: The thirteen essays in this collection by an outstanding group of French, German, and Irish scholars explore the relevance and interest of tragic theater today. They balance the exploration of themes as contemporary as the abuse and enjoyment of power, the unsettling pleasure to be derived from staged suffering, the unpredictability of the passions, and the authority of women. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General |
| Dewey: 842.4 |
| LCCN: 2001536500 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.28" W x 10.28" (0.93 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Essays in English by French, Irish and German academics, which explore the relevance and interest of the tragic theatre today of the French dramatist, Jean Racine (1639-99). |