Article
Rotrou’s Bélisaire: Hierarchy and Meaning
Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Disciplines
Abstract
Bélisaire (1643) differs significantly from the bulk of Rotrou’s theater, perhaps above all in its array of profoundly disparate features. The notion of hierarchy offers a means of organizing the dissimilar elements and understanding the play as a whole. Like so many of Rotrou’s plays, the subject is not original. Its source is Mira de Amescua’s El ejemplo mayor de la Desdicha.
Publisher
Gunter Narr Verlag
Citation Information
Ekstein, N. (2010). Rotrou's Bélisaire: Hierarchy and meaning. Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, 37(73), 439-453.