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- catalog abstract ""Birth Marks reexamines the body of French classical tragedy from the perspective of recent theories about the sibling bond and, in particular, birth order. Through a study of the evolution of inheritance issues in seventeen tragedies written over half a century by the Corneille brothers, Pierre and Thomas, and by Jean Racine, the book questions the pervasive assumption that classical tragedy, a form written for the aristocracy, is informed exclusively by an aristocratic ethic." "Instead, a fresh reading of both canonical and noncanonical texts demonstrates that even the most formal body of literature produced by French classical writers expresses a conflict between a declining aristocratic hierarchy based on inherited privilege and a rising capitalistic ethic that favors competition and enterprise."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11996536.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Birth Marks reexamines the body of French classical tragedy from the perspective of recent theories about the sibling bond and, in particular, birth order. Through a study of the evolution of inheritance issues in seventeen tragedies written over half a century by the Corneille brothers, Pierre and Thomas, and by Jean Racine, the book questions the pervasive assumption that classical tragedy, a form written for the aristocracy, is informed exclusively by an aristocratic ethic." "Instead, a fresh reading of both canonical and noncanonical texts demonstrates that even the most formal body of literature produced by French classical writers expresses a conflict between a declining aristocratic hierarchy based on inherited privilege and a rising capitalistic ethic that favors competition and enterprise."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-276) and index.".
- catalog description "The Tragedy of Primogeniture -- Primogeniture and Its Discontents in Early Modern France -- Psychological Primogeniture -- The First Generation -- Medee: The Robe Is Mightier than the Sword, or The Clothier's Revenge -- Horacc, or How to Kill Friends and Influence People -- The End of an Era, or The Death of Pomp(ey) -- Between the Generations -- A Sibling Rivalry over Sibling Rivalry: Pierre Corneille's Rodogunc and Thomas Corneille's Persec et Demetrius -- The Brother as Father, the Father as Brother: Pierre Corneille's Nicomede and Thomas Corneille's La Mort d'Annibal -- Degenerating Inheritance: Timocrate, Oedipc, and La Thebaide -- The Second Generation -- The Younger Brother Comes into His Own: Britannicus, Bajazet, and Mithridate -- An Older Brother's Loss: Pierre Corneille's Tite et Berenice and Racine's Berenice -- A Tale of Two Sisters: Thomas Corneille's Ariane and Racine's Phedre.".
- catalog extent "xi, 281 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0812235509 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "New cultural studies".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog subject "842/.051209 21".
- catalog subject "Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684 Tragedies.".
- catalog subject "Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "French drama (Tragedy) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "French drama 17th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PQ563 .G66 2000".
- catalog subject "Primogeniture in literature.".
- catalog subject "Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Tragedy of Primogeniture -- Primogeniture and Its Discontents in Early Modern France -- Psychological Primogeniture -- The First Generation -- Medee: The Robe Is Mightier than the Sword, or The Clothier's Revenge -- Horacc, or How to Kill Friends and Influence People -- The End of an Era, or The Death of Pomp(ey) -- Between the Generations -- A Sibling Rivalry over Sibling Rivalry: Pierre Corneille's Rodogunc and Thomas Corneille's Persec et Demetrius -- The Brother as Father, the Father as Brother: Pierre Corneille's Nicomede and Thomas Corneille's La Mort d'Annibal -- Degenerating Inheritance: Timocrate, Oedipc, and La Thebaide -- The Second Generation -- The Younger Brother Comes into His Own: Britannicus, Bajazet, and Mithridate -- An Older Brother's Loss: Pierre Corneille's Tite et Berenice and Racine's Berenice -- A Tale of Two Sisters: Thomas Corneille's Ariane and Racine's Phedre.".
- catalog title "Birth marks : the tragedy of primogeniture in Pierre Corneille, Thomas Corneille, and Jean Racine / Richard E. Goodkin.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".