- Critique et interprétation, Translations into English, Tragedy
Tragedy by Pierre Corneille, first performed 1645, and remarkable for its powerful, if melodramatic, portrait of moral evil. The central character, Cléopâtre, queen of Syria, will sacrifice anything to retain power.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Pierre Corneille
- First published
- 1702
- Pages
- 133
- Publisher
- Delagrave, Univ.Nebraska P., French & European Pubns
- Editions
- 23
- Language
- English, Italian, French
- ISBN
- 9782038700411
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