Kingdom of disorder
Subtitle: the theory of tragedy in Classical France
By: John D. Lyons.
Series: Purdue studies in Romance literatures ;; v. 18
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: French drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.; French drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.; French drama -- Classical influences.; Classicism -- France.
Description: "In this revisionist study of the poetics of tragedy during the French classical age, John Lyons challenges prevailing notions of a coherent, unified, and widely accepted "classical doctrine." By returning to major, yet recently neglected texts, Lyons analyzes conceptions of tragedy that will surprise many readers familiar with the canonical tragedies of seventeenth-century France, tragedies sometimes wrongly assumed to have been constructed according to the precepts of a community of theorists.".

"This reassessment of French classical ideas about tragedy will be valuable to students and scholars of French literature, drama, and cultural history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.