Corneille, Classicism and the Ruses of Symmetry Image close
Corneille, Classicism and the Ruses of Symmetry by Mitchell Greenberg
Corneille, Classicism and the Ruses of Symmetry by Mitchell Greenberg
Show Hide Adult Content
Corneille, Classicism and the Ruses of Symmetry close

Non-Fiction Books:

Home  
Books  
Non-Fiction  
Reference  
Literature  
Literature: history & criticism  
Plays & playwrights

Corneille, Classicism and the Ruses of Symmetry

Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

By:

Format:

Paperback / softback
$116.00
Available from supplier

The item is brand new and in-stock with one of our preferred suppliers. The item will ship from a Mighty Ape warehouse within the timeframe shown.

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
0 in Trolley
Free Delivery with Primate
Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $29.00 with Afterpay Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $19.33 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

  • Around 26 Jun - 8 Jul using International Courier

Explore more Cambridge Studies in French

See all products in this series

French Renaissance Tragedy on Hardback by Gillian Jondorf
$295.00
French Renaissance Tragedy
by Gillian Jondorf ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Orientalism in French Classical Drama on Hardback by Michele Longino
$342.00
Orientalism in French Classical Drama
by Michele Longino ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
French Renaissance Tragedy by Gillian Jondorf
$116.00
French Renaissance Tragedy
by Gillian Jondorf ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Orientalism in French Classical Drama by Michele Longino
$138.00
Orientalism in French Classical Drama
by Michele Longino ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Subjectivity and Subjugation in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Prose on Hardback by Mitchell Greenberg
$306.00
Subjectivity and Subjugation in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Prose
by Mitchell Greenberg ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Nathalie Sarraute, Fiction and Theory on Hardback by Ann Jefferson
$296.00
Nathalie Sarraute, Fiction and Theory
by Ann Jefferson ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Fairy Tales, Sexuality, and Gender in France, 1690–1715 on Hardback by Lewis C. Seifert
$324.00
Fairy Tales, Sexuality, and Gender in France, 1690–1715
by Lewis C. Seifert ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Naturalist Fiction on Hardback by David Baguley
$340.00
Naturalist Fiction
by David Baguley ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Object of Art by Marian Hobson
$134.00
The Object of Art
by Marian Hobson ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Literature and Material Culture from Balzac to Proust by Janell Watson
$149.00
Literature and Material Culture from Balzac to Proust
by Janell Watson ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Graphic Unconscious in Early Modern French Writing by Tom Conley
$137.00
The Graphic Unconscious in Early Modern French Writing
by Tom Conley ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Narration and Description in the French Realist Novel on Hardback by James H. Reid
$356.00
Narration and Description in the French Realist Novel
by James H. Reid ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Justice and Difference in the Works of Rousseau on Hardback by Judith Still
$324.00
Justice and Difference in the Works of Rousseau
by Judith Still ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Love Aesthetics of Maurice Scève by Jerry C. Nash
$116.00
The Love Aesthetics of Maurice Scève
by Jerry C. Nash ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Justice and Difference in the Works of Rousseau by Judith Still
$116.00
Justice and Difference in the Works of Rousseau
by Judith Still ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Subjectivity and Subjugation in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Prose by Mitchell Greenberg
$119.00
Subjectivity and Subjugation in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Prose
by Mitchell Greenberg ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Description

Professor Greenberg's lucid study examines the themes of authority, power and sexuality in Corneille's major plays, drawing on the work of Foucault, and Freudian and feminist critics. He begins by considering the question of myth and of a 'pre-historical' cultural memory in Médée, and proceeds to a detailed analysis of each of the four best-known tragedies: Le Cid, Horace, Cinna, and Polyeucte. A concluding chapter discusses two middle-period plays and Suréna, Corneille's last tragedy. Professor Greenberg argues that the formal symmetries of classical tragedy reflect a desire for control in the realm of both politics and sexuality. He also seeks to show how these principles of symmetry are challenged or undermined in various ways by the plays themselves. The result is an exacerbation of sexual and political desire which invests Cornelian tragedy with its peculiar power and involves us so deeply in its world.

Author Biography:

Mitchell Greenberg is Goldwin Smith Professor of Romance Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of several books on seventeenth-century French literature and culture. Greenberg uses contemporary critical theories, particularly Freudian and post-Freudian approaches, in the interpretation of early modern texts.
Release date NZ
November 19th, 2009
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Pages
208
Dimensions
140x216x12
ISBN-13
9780521123426
Product ID
3706760

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Explore more by Mitchell Greenberg

See all books by this author

Racine by Mitchell Greenberg
$90.00
Racine
by Mitchell Greenberg ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Subjectivity and Subjugation in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Prose on Hardback by Mitchell Greenberg
$306.00
Subjectivity and Subjugation in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Prose
by Mitchell Greenberg ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Subjectivity and Subjugation in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Prose by Mitchell Greenberg
$119.00
Subjectivity and Subjugation in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Prose
by Mitchell Greenberg ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Recommended for you

Recommended from your browsing history

Help & options

Filed under...

Books >
Non-Fiction >
Reference >
Literature >
Literature: history & criticism >
Plays & playwrights
Books >
Literature & literary studies >
Literature: history & criticism >
Literary studies: plays & playwrights