SOURCE: "The Tragédie Nationale in the Seventeenth Century," in The Development of the "Tragédie Nationale" in France from 1552–1800, The University of North Carolina Press, 1964, pp. 36–67.
In the following excerpt, Daniel analyzes the treatment of history and the use of classical form in historical tragedies, arguing that while French history offered the potential for theatrical exploitation, the public did not approve of dramatists' departures from classical ideas.
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