Theatre complet. Tome I

by Thomas Corneille and edited by Liliane Picciola, Catherine Dumas, Montserrat Serrano Manes and Christopher Gossip

Book cover: Theatre complet. Tome I

Extent: 842 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Series: Bibliotheque du theatre francais

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(September 2015)

ISBN: 9782812435003

Price: $96.00

Out of stock

Thomas Corneille experimented with all dramatic genres: comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, operas, and spectacular “pieces a machines”. This first volume of a nine-volumeTheatre completreveals his fidelity to traditional norms and his stunning versatility as a dramatist.


Thomas Corneille experimented with all dramatic genres: comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, operas, and spectacular “pieces a machines”. This first volume of a nine-volumeTheatre completreveals his fidelity to traditional norms and his stunning versatility as a dramatist.

  • By (author) Thomas Corneille
  • Edited by Catherine Dumas
  • Edited by Christopher Gossip
  • Edited by Liliane Picciola
  • Edited by Montserrat Serrano Manes

Review - French Auteur du plus grand succes theatral du XVIIsiecle francais, Thomas Corneille (1625-1709) reste un ecrivain assez meconnu. Au cours d'une longue carriere il s'est essaye dans tous les genres dramatiques : comedies espagnoles et francaises, tragedies romanesques et historiques, une tragi-comedie, des livrets d'opera et des pieces a machines. Membre de l'Academie francaise, il etait aussi journaliste, lexicographe et grammairien. Cet ouvrage est la premiere partie d'unTheatre completen neuf volumes qui veut situer Corneille le cadet dans son temps, a cheval sur les periodes de Pierre Corneille et de Racine, en faisant ressortir a la fois sa fidelite aux normes traditionnelles et son etonnante souplesse comme homme de theatre.
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