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The Cid, Cinna, the Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics)
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The Cid, Cinna, the Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 1976

by Corneille, Pierre

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  • Title The Cid, Cinna, the Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics)
  • Author Corneille, Pierre
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Classics, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Date 1976-01-30
  • Bookseller's Inventory # M14A-02402
  • ISBN 9780140443127 / 0140443126
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.6 in (19.56 x 12.95 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects Corneille, Pierre - Translations into English, Cid - Drama
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 76453793
  • Dewey Decimal Code 842.4

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Summary

The Cid, Corneille’s masterpiece set in medieval Spain, was the first great work of French classical drama; Cinna, written three years later in 1641, is a tense political drama, while The Theatrical Illusion, an earlier work, is reminiscent of Shakespeare’s exuberant comedies.

From the publisher

Pierre Corneille, the French dramatist, was born in Rouen in 1606. After a Jesuit education he worked as Crown Counsel in Rouen, and for many years kept playwriting as his leisure activity. He wrote tragedies and comedies, and his first success came in 1636 with Le Cid, a tragi-comedy which made Corneille’s reputation as a master of serious drama and established the genre known as French classical tragedy. During the next forty years Corneille produced over twenty-five plays. He died in 1684.

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About the author

Pierre Corneille, the French dramatist, was born in Rouen in 1606. After a Jesuit education he worked as Crown Counsel in Rouen, and for many years kept playwriting as his leisure activity. He wrote tragedies and comedies, and his first success came in 1636 with Le Cid, a tragi-comedy which made Corneille's reputation as a master of serious drama and established the genre known as French classical tragedy. During the next forty years Corneille produced over twenty-five plays. He died in 1684.