Orientalism in French Classical Drama (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521025171)

Mich le Longino examines the ways in which Mediterranean exoticism alters the themes in French classical drama through the exploration of such plays by Corneille, Moli re and Racine as Le Cid, M d e, and Le bourgeois gentilhomme among others. She considers the role that the staging of the near Orient played in influencing French colonial identity. Drawing on histories, travel journals, memoirs and correspondence, Longino depicts these dramatizations in the context of French-Ottoman relations at the time of their production.

Author: Mich鑞e Longino
ISBN-10: 0521025176
ISBN-13: 9780521025171
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2006
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d