Le Tragique et le Féminin

Essai sur la poétique française de la tragédie (1553-1663)

By (author) Vincent Dupuis Series edited by Delphine Denis Series edited by Christian Biet Series edited by Tiphaine Karsenti

Book cover: Le Tragique et le Féminin

Extent: 251 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Theatre

Series volume number: 4, 36

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(June 2016)

ISBN: 9782812459818

5.91 x 8.66 inches

Price: $45.00

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Hardback (Published)

(June 2016)

ISBN: 9782812459825

5.91 x 8.66 inches

Price: $94.00

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Certain feminine figures naturally align with the poetics of tragedy, the forms and representations of the feminine, through a mode of imitation corresponding with the laws that govern the tragic universe. More than simple protagonists, the heroines of tragedy incarnate the very nature of the genre.


Certain feminine figures naturally align with the poetics of tragedy, the forms and representations of the feminine, through a mode of imitation corresponding with the laws that govern the tragic universe. More than simple protagonists, the heroines of tragedy incarnate the very nature of the genre.

  • By (author) Vincent Dupuis
  • Series edited by Delphine Denis
  • Series edited by Christian Biet
  • Series edited by Tiphaine Karsenti