Name, Memory, and Time in Racine's Trojan War Plays
Abstract As naming gives heroic stature to the characters of Jean Racine's Andromache, it paradoxically reflects their demolition. Naming Andromache's ancestors focuses on the past, while naming absent family members in Iphigenia focuses on the future. Naming unifies the plays on the stage...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1994-03-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1391 |