Heroes and States
Subtitle: On the Ideology of Restoration Tragedy
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780813121253
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Plays & playwrights: 16th to 18th centuries; c 1700 to c 1800; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Early Modern English Drama (1500-1700); Politics and literature; Plays / Drama; English; Literary Criticism; British Isles; General; Drama; Restoration, 1660-1700; 17th century; English drama; English drama (Tragedy); Great Britain; History; History and criticism
First sentence: The restored king and court had been quite taken with French drama in their exiled sojourn on the continent, particularly the rhymed romances and tragedies of France's greatest dramatist at midcentury, Pierre Corneille.