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Indiscernible Counterparts: The Invention of the Text in French Classical Drama (North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature)
Christopher Braider
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Description for Indiscernible Counterparts: The Invention of the Text in French Classical Drama (North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature)
Paperback. While the plays of classical France achieve an unprecedented scenic profession, what ultimately distinguishes classical drama is its unique awareness of its literary properties. This volume presents a critical analysis of French dramatic text. Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 721.
While the plays of classical France achieve an unprecedented scenic perfection, what ultimately distinguishes classical drama is its unique awareness of its literary properties: the canny excavation of its resources as the site, instrument, and product of a concerted act of writing. But this self-conscious literariness also bears witness to the era's corollary awareness of the predicament in which even great art works stand as the occasion and counterpart of a critical, often ironic act of reading. In ""inventing,"" that is, creating and discovering, the text as a vehicle of self-determining authorship, the ""grands classiques"" simultaneously invent the key critical ... Read more
While the plays of classical France achieve an unprecedented scenic perfection, what ultimately distinguishes classical drama is its unique awareness of its literary properties: the canny excavation of its resources as the site, instrument, and product of a concerted act of writing. But this self-conscious literariness also bears witness to the era's corollary awareness of the predicament in which even great art works stand as the occasion and counterpart of a critical, often ironic act of reading. In ""inventing,"" that is, creating and discovering, the text as a vehicle of self-determining authorship, the ""grands classiques"" simultaneously invent the key critical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
250
Publication date
2003
Series
North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
387
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807892794
SKU
KEX0227636
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About Christopher Braider
Christopher Braider is associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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