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Auteur(s) : Bilis, Hélène E.
Titre(s) : Passing judgment [Texte imprimé] : the politics and poetics of sovereignty in French tragedy from Hardy to Racine / Hélène E. Bilis
Publication : Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-258 pages) ; 24 cm
Comprend : The critique of Le Cid : Richelieu, royal judgment, and the rules ; Failed judgments,
thwarted justice : Alexandre Hardy's Scédase ou l'hospitalité violée ; The ceremony
unravels : tragedy's comedic turn ; Learning from experience : on Corneille and coherence
; Corneille's Cinna and Rotrou's Crisante : a search for the emperor's judgment ;
Racine and royal fathers of injustice : Mithridate and Phèdre.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index
"The royal judge was an archetypal character in French tragedy during the 17th century.
This figure impersonated the king by asserting his judicial authority and bringing
order to an otherwise chaotic world. In Passing Judgment, Hélène Bilis examines how
an overlooked character-type-the royal judge-remained a constant of the tragic genre
throughout the 17th century, although the specifics of his role and position fluctuated
as playwrights experimented with changing models of sovereignty onstage. Her readings
analyze how this royal decision-maker stood at the intersection of political and theatrical
debates, and evolved through a process of trial and error in which certain portrayals
of kingship were deemed obsolete and were discarded, while others were promoted as
culturally allowable and resonant. In tracing the royal judge's persistent presence
and transformation, Bilis argues that we can better grasp the weighty political stakes
of theatrical representations under the ancient régime."
Sujet(s) : Pouvoir royal -- Dans la littérature
Justice et littérature -- 17e siècle
Théâtre (genre littéraire) français -- 17e siècle
Tragédie française -- 17e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-4875-0026-9. - ISBN 1-4875-0026-2 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452171867
Notice n° :
FRBNF45217186
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