L’Ambiguite essentielle

Essai sur une forme du tragique au theatre

by John E. Jackson

Book cover: L’Ambiguite essentielle

Extent: 314 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Music & Performing Arts

Series: Etudes romantiques et dix-neuviemistes

Series volume number: 58

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(January 2016)

ISBN: 9782812450693

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $41.00

Out of stock

Hardback (Published)

(January 2016)

ISBN: 9782812450709

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $94.00

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Since its origins, the tragic genre has been marked by an ambiguous structure of which Sophocle’s OEdipe Roi is without doubt the best example. This book studies some aspects of this structure in the work of William Shakespeare, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine and Heinrich von Kleist.

  • By (author) John E Jackson