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| Name: |
Pierre Corneille | | Birth Date: |
June 6, 1606 | | Death Date: |
October 1, 1684 | | Place of Birth: |
Rouen, France | | Place of Death: |
Paris, France | | Nationality: |
French | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
playwright, dramatist |
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 Biography of Pierre Corneille
1,179 words, approx. 4 pages
 The French dramatist Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) wrote more than 30 plays and is often called the father of French tragedy. His tragedies characteristically explore the conflict between heroic love and heroic devotion to duty. Pierre Corneille was... summary from source:
 Biography of Pierre Corneille
9,768 words, approx. 33 pages
 The most successful playwright of the reign of Louis XIII, Pierre Corneille was the author of thirty-three plays and of the most important study of dramatic aesthetics in his century, known as "Trois discours sur le poème dramatique" (Three... 
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 Pierre Corneille Quotes
2,283 words, approx. 8 pages
Pierre Corneille ( June 6 , 1606 – October 1 , 1684 ) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine . He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Pierre Corneille Information
1,758 words, approx. 6 pages
Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for...
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 The Romanic Review Pierre Corneille's Medea-Machine.
11/01/1994: 6,695 words, approx. 22 pages The general view that Pierre Corneille's machine play 'Le Conquete de la Toison d'or' is an allegory between Louis XIV and his political bride Marie-Therese and the male hero Jason and the evil witch Medea may be upheld if one assumes that Medea is... summary from source:
The Economist (US) L'ecrivain malgre lui. (was Moliere written by Pierre Corneille?)
05/26/1990: 372 words, approx. 1 pages ODD, but true: Moliere never wrote anything worth noticing until 1660 when, at the age of 38, he happened to visit Rouen. In Rouen lived a contemporary, the tragedian Pierre Corneille, author of "Le Cid". Thenceforth, Moliere became a great French writer, despite... summary from source:
 AP News Today in history - June 6
6/6/2007: 562 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Wednesday, June 6, the 157th day of 2007. There are 208 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 6, 1944, the "D-Day" invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.On this...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by P. J. Yarrow
15,144 words, approx. 51 pages
In the following excerpt, Yarrow provides a close study of Corneille's characterization.
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Critical Essay by Martin Turnell
8,387 words, approx. 28 pages
Turnell has written widely on French literature and has made significant translations of the works of Jean-Paul Sartre, Guy de Maupassant, Blaise Pascal, and Paul Valèry. In the following essay, originally published in 1938 in Scrutiny, he presents a broad overview of the principal themes, characters, and verse style of Corneille's dramas, comparing them to their counterparts in the works of Racine.
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Critical Essay by Harriet Stone
8,267 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Stone scrutinizes the stylistic and thematic similarities of The Cid, Horace, Cinna, and Polyeucte.
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