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100 1 $aBilis, Hélène,$eauthor.
245 10 $aPassing judgment :$bthe politics and poetics of sovereignty in French tragedy from Hardy to Racine /$cHélène E. Bilis.
264 1 $aToronto ;$aBuffalo :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$c[2016]
300 $axx, 258 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe critique of Le Cid : Richelieu, royal judgment, and the rules -- Failed judgments, thwarted justice : Alexandre Hardy's Scédase ou l'hospitalité violée -- The ceremony unravels : tragedy's comedic turn -- Learning from experience : on Corneille and coherence -- Corneille's Cinna and Rotrou's Crisante : a search for the emperor's judgment -- Racine and royal fathers of injustice : Mithridate and Phèdre.
520 $a"The royal judge was an archetypal character in French tragedy during the 17th century. This figure impersonated the king by asserting his judicial authority and bringing order to an otherwise chaotic world. In Passing Judgment, Hélène Bilis examines how an overlooked character-type-the royal judge-remained a constant of the tragic genre throughout the 17th century, although the specifics of his role and position fluctuated as playwrights experimented with changing models of sovereignty onstage. Her readings analyze how this royal decision-maker stood at the intersection of political and theatrical debates, and evolved through a process of trial and error in which certain portrayals of kingship were deemed obsolete and were discarded, while others were promoted as culturally allowable and resonant. In tracing the royal judge's persistent presence and transformation, Bilis argues that we can better grasp the weighty political stakes of theatrical representations under the ancient régime."--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aFrench drama$y17th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFrench drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSovereignty in literature.
650 0 $aJudgment in literature.
650 0 $aPolitics in literature.
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650 7 $aFrench drama (Tragedy)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00934291
650 7 $aJudgment in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00984602
650 7 $aPolitics in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01896084
650 7 $aSovereignty in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01127385
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655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
852 00 $bglx$hPQ528$i.B54 2016