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  1. Guilt and extenuation in tragedy
    variations on Racinian excuses
    Author: Forman, Edward
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Brill Rodopi, Leiden ; Boston

    "This comparative literary study re-evaluates the reciprocal relationship between tragic drama and current approaches to guilt and extenuation. Focussing on Racine but ranging widely, it sheds original light on tragic archetypes (Phaedra, Oedipus,... more

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    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
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    Universitätsbibliothek Duisburg-Essen
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    "This comparative literary study re-evaluates the reciprocal relationship between tragic drama and current approaches to guilt and extenuation. Focussing on Racine but ranging widely, it sheds original light on tragic archetypes (Phaedra, Oedipus, Clytemnestra, Medea and others) through the lenses of performance theory and modern attitudes towards blame. Tragic drama and legal systems both aim to evaluate the merits of excuses provided on behalf of perpetrators of catastrophic acts. Edward Forman wittily and provocatively explores modern judicial concepts - diminished responsibility, provocation, trauma, ignorance, scapegoating - through the responses of characters in tragedy. Attention is paid to the way in which classical plays (ancient Greek and seventeenth-century French) have been re-interpreted in performance in the light of modern perceptions of human responsibility and helplessness"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9789004442771
    Series: Faux titre ; volume 445
    Subjects: French drama (Tragedy) / History and criticism; French drama / 17th century / History and criticism; French drama (Tragedy) / Greek influences; Greek drama (Tragedy) / History and criticism; Guilt in literature; Blame in literature
    Scope: XI, 229 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  2. Guilt and extenuation in tragedy
    variations on Racinian excuses
    Author: Forman, Edward
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Brill Rodopi, Leiden ; Boston

    "This comparative literary study re-evaluates the reciprocal relationship between tragic drama and current approaches to guilt and extenuation. Focussing on Racine but ranging widely, it sheds original light on tragic archetypes (Phaedra, Oedipus,... more

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    "This comparative literary study re-evaluates the reciprocal relationship between tragic drama and current approaches to guilt and extenuation. Focussing on Racine but ranging widely, it sheds original light on tragic archetypes (Phaedra, Oedipus, Clytemnestra, Medea and others) through the lenses of performance theory and modern attitudes towards blame. Tragic drama and legal systems both aim to evaluate the merits of excuses provided on behalf of perpetrators of catastrophic acts. Edward Forman wittily and provocatively explores modern judicial concepts - diminished responsibility, provocation, trauma, ignorance, scapegoating - through the responses of characters in tragedy. Attention is paid to the way in which classical plays (ancient Greek and seventeenth-century French) have been re-interpreted in performance in the light of modern perceptions of human responsibility and helplessness"

     
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  3. Sombres lumières
    essai sur le retour à l'antique et la tragédie grecque au XVIIIe siècle
    Author: Brillaud, Jérôme
    Published: 2010 (2011)
    Publisher:  Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec [Que.]

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: French
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 2763792499; 9782763792491
    Series: Collections de la République des lettres
    Subjects: Tragédie grecque / Influence; Tragédie grecque / Aspect philosophique; Tragédie française / 18e siècle / Histoire et critique; DRAMA / Continental European; French drama (Tragedy); French drama (Tragedy) / Greek influences; French drama (Tragedy); French drama (Tragedy); Griechisch; Antike <Motiv>; Rezeption; Französisch; Tragödie
    Scope: 1 electronic text (181 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references. (p. [165]-175)
  4. Sombres lumières
    essai sur le retour à l'antique et la tragédie grecque au XVIIIe siècle
    Author: Brillaud, Jérôme
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Presses de l'Univ. Laval [u.a.], Québec

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: French
    Media type: Dissertation
    ISBN: 9782763792484; 2763792480; 9782923859118; 2923859111
    Series: Les collections de la République des Lettres
    Subjects: French drama (Tragedy) / 18th century / History and criticism; French drama (Tragedy) / Greek influences; Tragödie; Griechisch; Rezeption; Französisch; Antike <Motiv>
    Scope: 181 S.
    Notes:

    Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2004, titled Le sang et la douleur la tragédie grecque et ses révolutions en France au dix-huitième siècle

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index

    Zugl.: Harvard Univ., Diss., 2004 u.d.T.: Le sang et la douleur la tragédie grecque et ses révolutions en France au dix-huitième siècle