Le consentement tragique : Bérénice au miroir de Marie Mancini
“You are the emperor, Sire, and yet you weep”. I argue that Racine based his tragedy on the forced separation between Marie Mancini and Louis XIV, who is the first addressee of the play. No deaths, but love leads to renouncement. Despite the glamorous anecdote, the comparison between Marie and Bérén...
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Language: | English |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2021-10-01
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Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/13610 |