French Seventeenth-Century Literature. Influences and Transformations

This volume of essays explores influences from Antiquity onwards that shaped the literary and cultural output of the French seventeenth century and the developments to which this period the so-called 'classical' period gave rise in later centuries. The thirteen essays in English and French cover three major areas: the continuation in French seventeenth-century literature and cultural events of themes found in previous centuries; internal changes within the body of writings by French seventeenth-century playwrights; the influence of seventeenth-century French writers on later centuries. The collection celebrates the life and scholarly achievements of the eminent dix-septiémiste Christopher J. Gossip, Emeritus Professor of French, University of New England, Australia.

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The Editors: Jane Southwood is a Lecturer in French at the University of New England, Australia, where she teaches advanced translation and French language and literature. She has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Western Australia, where she was a member of staff in the French Department. She has published on Marguerite Yourcenar, on the poetry of the École de Lyon and of nineteenth-century France, as well as on French voyages of exploration to Australia.
Bernard Bourque is Convenor of French at the University of New England, Australia, where he lectures in French language and literature. He was awarded his Ph.D. from the same university in 2006. He has published articles in the area of French seventeenth-century literature.

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Contents: Jane Southwood/Bernard Bourque: Professor Christopher J. Gossip - H. T. Barnwell: Metamorphoses of a Dramatic Narrative: The Death of Hippolytus from Euripides to Racine - William Brooks: Philippe Quinault, Thomas Corneille, and Contrasting Approaches to Common Dramatic Material: Stratonice and Antiochus - Lee Brotherson: Religion in a Quebec Novel: A Catholic Heritage Transformed - John Campbell: The Metamorphoses of Innocence in Racine's Esther - Derek F. Connon: Animal Instincts: Homer, Plutarch and La Fontaine go to the Fair - Helena Duffy: L'(In)fidélité? A Kristevan Reading of Andrzej Zulawski's Cinematic Adaptation of La Princesse de Clèves - Jennifer Hatte: Truth, Lies and Time-Travel: Jean Cocteau in the Impromptu Tradition - Noël Peacock: Jean-Marie Villégier's Molière: Experiments in Theatrical Morphogenesis - Henry Phillips: Scenes in the City: Urban Developments in Seventeenth-Century French Theatre - M. S. Rivière: Prussian Princesses at the Court of Frederick II: Devotees of the Theatre of Racine and Voltaire - Alison Saunders: 'Who can put on a better show?': Celebrations of Peace as Mounted in Jesuit Colleges in Paris and Lyon in 1660 - B. J. Bourque : Deux Versions de Zénobie : imitation ou transformation ? - Jane Southwood : Éléments antiques et classiques dans l'oeuvre de Marguerite Yourcenar : Le Coup de grâce.