More Plays by Rivals of Corneille and Racine - Hardcover

Lockert, Lacy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826511104 ISBN 13: 9780826511102

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press, 1968

Synopsis

A follow-up to Lacy Lockert’s classic The Chief Rivals of Corneille and Racine (Vanderbilt University Press 1956), More Plays by Rivals of Corneille and Racine consists of more French tragedies of the period―eleven plays from the great age of French drama in the seventeenth century, one play from the prolific pen of Alexandre Hardy, who preceded the great age, and one from the eighteenth century, the aftermath of that age. The volume contains plays Lockert typified as “excellent,” such as Tiridate and Mariamne, Géta, and Ariane, “smash hits” of the time like Timocrate and Astrate, and several other plays Lockert called “minor,” but that he felt would be of interest to scholars.

About this title

About the Author

Lacy Lockert (1888-1974) was an assistant professor of English at Kenyon College from 1916-1925. After he retired, he focused on scholarship and translations.

From the Back Cover

The book contains, then, eleven plays from the great age of French drama in the seventeenth century, one play from the prolific pen of Alexandra Hardy, who proceeded the great age, and on from the eighteenth century, the aftermath of that age.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Publication date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826511104
• ISBN 13: 9780826511102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 694