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Article
The Odd Man Out: The Kings in Corneille's Machine Plays
Romance Notes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2005
Disciplines
Abstract
Andromède and La Conquête de la Toison d’or have a largely unenviable status in Corneille’s oeuvre. They are often either dismissed or marginalized, and almost inevitably read as different from, and therefore inferior to, the more canonical Cornelian works. In fact, both plays are richer and more interesting than commonly thought, as I hope to suggest by an examination of the curious and curiously similar role of the king.
Publisher
University of North Carolina
Citation Information
Ekstein, N. (2005). The odd man out: The kings in Corneille's machine plays. Romance Notes, 46(1), 43-52.