TY  - EJOUR
A1  - Harris, Joseph
TI  - Suicide justified - Corneille’s Sophonisbe
T2  - European Drama and Performance Studies 2016 – 2, n° 7. Le Suicide à la scène
JO  - European Drama and Performance Studies (ISSN 2045-8541), 7, 2016 – 2
DO  - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06099-4.p.0059
SN  - 2045-8541
SP  - 59
EP  - 72
AB  - Although Corneille typically lets his heroes survive, distributing suicides amongst problematic secondary characters with little respect for his sources, the noble, historical death of the Carthaginian queen in Sophonisbe (1663) poses ethical, emotional and dramatic problems for Corneille as both dramatist and theoretician. This article reads Corneille’s play alongside various intertexts: his own works, Livy’s history, d’Aubignac’s critical dissertation and Mairet’s original Sophonisbe.
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/09/14
DP  - Classiques Garnier
PB  - Classiques Garnier
CY  - Paris
LA  - eng
UR  - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/european-drama-and-performance-studies-2016-2-n-7-le-suicide-a-la-scene-suicide-justified-en.html
Y2  - 2025/12/06
ER  -