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Racine's Classical Hinterlands

Racine's Classical Hinterlands

Hammond, Paul

Paperback

Series: Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Book 9

Literary FiguresLiterary CriticismGeneral World History

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 17, 2026

ISBN10: 900477520X
ISBN13: 9789004775206
Publisher: Brill
Published: Dec 17 2026
Language: English
This book explores the ways in which the French dramatist Jean Racine (1630-1699) uses offstage spaces in six of his major tragedies which have classical Greek or Roman settings. It argues that these offstage spaces or 'Hinterlands', which are apparent only in the minds and imaginations of the plays' characters, have an important influence on what happens on stage. In many cases these Hinterlands have a mythic form, or are inhabited by classical divinities or ancestors; such powers function for the plays' characters as the source of moral values, while also intervening to disrupt their certainties and their sense of selfhood.

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