Course of Lectures, Vol. 2 of 2: On Dramatic Art and Literature (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Schlegel, Augustus William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0267815042 ISBN 13: 9780267815043

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Course of Lectures, Vol. 2 of 2: On Dramatic Art and Literature

A: new epoch of French Tragedy begins with Voltaire, whose first appearance on the theatre, in his early youth, followed close upon the age of Louis the Fourteenth. I have already, in a general way, alluded to the changes and enlargements which he projected, and partly carried into execution. Cor neille and Racine may be said to have led a true artist's life: they were dramatic poets with their whole soul; their desire, as authors, was confined to that object alone, and all their studies were direct ed to the stage. But Voltaire wished to shine in every possible department; a restless vanity would not al low him to be satisfied with the attempt to attain perfection in any one walk of literature; and from the variety of subjects on which his mind was em.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0267815042
• ISBN 13: 9780267815043
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400