Orientalism in French Classical Drama (Cambridge Studies in French)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521025171
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; Plays; Literature - Classics / Criticism; French; Continental European; Drama; Drama / Continental European; Drama-Continental European; French drama--17th century--History and criti; French drama--17th century--History and criticism; Literary Criticism / Drama
First sentence: Jason and his wife Medee, a foreigner from Colchis (Asia), have come to Corinth to seek refuge after Medee has committed an atrocity against Jason's enemy Pelie in Jason's kingdom Thessaly (both Corinth and Thessaly are Greek kingdoms and thus in the "West").