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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

    Location:
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "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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