Exploring Le Cid: Corneille’s Masterpiece of Love and Duty
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Exploring Le Cid: Corneille’s Masterpiece of Love and Duty

ByBabette

Honour, Romance, and a Whole Lot of Drama Ah, Le Cid—the 17th-century French play that basically invented the phrase, “It’s complicated.” Pierre Corneille’s most famous tragedy (or “tragicomedy” if we’re being technical) is a high-stakes soap opera with honour duels, star-crossed lovers, and enough existential angst to make a philosophy major jealous. It’s a story…

Corneille Vs Racine
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Corneille Vs Racine

ByBabette

Corneille vs. Racine: The Great Tragedy Showdown If 17th-century French drama were a boxing match, Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine would be in opposing corners, gloved up and ready to duel—though, being classicists, they’d probably just write scathing alexandrines about each other instead. These two literary heavyweights dominated the tragic stage during the reign of…