| 单词 | Corneille |
| 例句 | A comedy by Corneille, regarded as a pillar of classical French tragedy? ‘The Liar’ at Classic Stage: Old French Humor in New York Now 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z His similarly acclaimed version of “The Liar,” a 1634 play by Corneille, was seen at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington last season. Critic?s Notebook: Madoff, Macbeth and Other Crooks, Onstage in Washington 2011-09-28T22:45:26Z The French classics, especially Racine and Corneille, were regarded as untranslatable, unplayable and theatrically arid. X is for xenophobia 2012-05-22T12:27:52Z Yes, Corneille began his career making ’em laugh back in the 17th century. ‘The Liar’ at Classic Stage: Old French Humor in New York Now 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z She said: “I remember Corneille saying, ‘There are people who believe in heaven after they die. Corneille, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism, Dies at 88 2010-09-07T02:00:00Z Maybe Corneille will write me up a play. Review: A Revival of ‘The Liar’ Plays Alternative Facts for Laughs 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Of the three great French playwrights of the 17th century Corneille is probably the least appreciated. The Week Ahead: May 29 ? June 4 2011-05-27T18:10:22Z Ms. Weitering said she recalled a television interview Corneille did several years ago in the Netherlands, in which he talked about his natural optimism. Corneille, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism, Dies at 88 2010-09-07T02:00:00Z And Russell Treyz returns to the festival for his third production, David Ives’s adaptation of the Pierre Corneille classic, “The Liar.” ArtsBeat: Davis McCallum to Be Artistic Director of Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival 2014-04-04T15:49:37Z Corneille was best known for radicalizing the conservative Dutch art world in the early 1950s, making modern art not only acceptable, but embraceable as well. Corneille, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism, Dies at 88 2010-09-07T02:00:00Z Instead, Corneille and his friends formed a united front in postwar Europe, urging a break from tradition and toward freedom and vitality. Corneille, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism, Dies at 88 2010-09-07T02:00:00Z Four portraits were associated with the name of the 16th century court painter Corneille de Lyon. Auctions: At Auction, the Treasures of a Tycoon War Hero 2011-04-08T13:29:04Z After sudden bloodshed, Dumas quickly shifts the action to an elegant soiree where we are introduced to almost too many celebrated figures of French history, including the future playwright Pierre Corneille. Newly translated, a sequel to ‘The Three Musketeers’ is as fresh as ever 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z I remember with equal satisfaction his clever wordplay in “The Liar,” based on a play by Pierre Corneille, and the dexterity of his rhymes in “The Heir Apparent,” after the work of Jean-Francois Regnard. Review | You might think ‘panties’ in the title means the play’s funny. If only. 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z But Corneille, who exemplified the classical rigor of French playwriting of the age but also rebelled against it, has not maintained an equal hold on the contemporary imagination. The Week Ahead: May 29 ? June 4 2011-05-27T18:10:22Z We occasionally revive Racine and Corneille while sniffing airily at the way such neo-classic drama rigidly observes the unities. Making a sc?ne: the five French dramatists you should meet 2011-03-21T12:49:22Z In an intense three years, Cobra produced two major international exhibitions and published 10 issues of a magazine for which Corneille wrote poetry. Corneille, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism, Dies at 88 2010-09-07T02:00:00Z His early script, "The Illusion," is a free-handed adaptation of a classic French comedy by Pierre Corneille. Sound Theatre conjures energetic version of 'The Illusion' 2012-08-23T20:58:07Z Rodrigue faces a lose-lose situation — or, more academically, a Cornelian dilemma, an ethical choice named for this very play by Pierre Corneille — in which he must choose between honor and love. Theater Review: ‘Le Cid’ at the Theater of the Church of Notre Dame 2013-01-21T23:51:21Z Photograph: Alastair Muir for the Guardian Corneille called this play, written in 1636 when he was barely 30, a "strange monster". The Illusion – review 2012-08-27T17:00:14Z Corneille began his artistic life in 1940, studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. Corneille, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism, Dies at 88 2010-09-07T02:00:00Z I know almost nothing about Corneille de Lyon. Perspective | I don’t know Corneille de Lyon. I just know his portraits are alive. The Rev. Corneille Fortuna, who helps run the complex, said he narrowly survived when his residence on the property caved in. ‘I’m the Only Surgeon’: After Haiti Quake, Thousands Seek Scarce Care 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z They wanted to motivate students on their computational philology course, and chose to illustrate their linguistic analysis with the example of Molière and Corneille – “honestly, without much idea about what we would find,” said Cafiero. Research overturns consensus that Molière did not write his own plays 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Or was Pierre Corneille, another famous French playwright of the time, the true author? French playwright Molière did indeed write his own masterpieces, computer science suggests 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z At the Chapelle Corneille, the orchestra, which consisted of nine young musicians, ran through instrumental pieces by Arcangelo Corelli and other composers while checking for texts from Orliński on his latest estimated time of arrival. A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z And I frequently find, when I peer at the wall label, that they have been attributed to Corneille de Lyon. Perspective | I don’t know Corneille de Lyon. I just know his portraits are alive. There are two options, electoral commission president Corneille Nangaa told the Security Council: The official results are accepted or the vote is annulled. Congo’s ruling coalition wins majority in national assembly 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z They analysed the text of a collection of plays from Molière, Pierre Corneille and his brother Thomas, and other major authors of the time, looking at their use of language, rhyme, grammar and word forms. Research overturns consensus that Molière did not write his own plays 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Louÿs proposed the more educated Corneille as a possible ghostwriter, suggesting he composed plays that Molière would affix his name to and promote using his fame as an actor, in a mutually beneficial relationship. French playwright Molière did indeed write his own masterpieces, computer science suggests 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z A capacity crowd of six hundred people filled the Chapelle Corneille on the first night of Orliński’s engagement there—and, as expected, there was an unusually high proportion of young concertgoers. A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Corneille de Lyon painted portraits and, as far as we know, nothing else. Perspective | I don’t know Corneille de Lyon. I just know his portraits are alive. Corneille Nangaa, the head of Ceni, said: “We ask the nation to remain patient for the time it will take to consolidate all our data.” DRC election results postponed as officials say 'remain patient' 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z But they found that “all the plays signed by Molière belong to the same cluster, very distinct from Corneille’s plays, whichever the type of feature studied … We thus consider this first hypothesis disproved.” Research overturns consensus that Molière did not write his own plays 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z They compiled the text of comedies attributed to Molière, Corneille, and 10 of their contemporaries and used a sophisticated computer program to analyze and compare the linguistic features. French playwright Molière did indeed write his own masterpieces, computer science suggests 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Corneille Nangaa said the results of the election on 30 December will not be made public as expected. DRC officials postpone presidential election results 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z In truth, only one painting — a portrait of a man named Pierre Aymeric in the Louvre — can be securely attributed to the hand of Corneille de Lyon. Perspective | I don’t know Corneille de Lyon. I just know his portraits are alive. Corneille Nangaa told The Associated Press that the results of the Dec. 30 election will not be made public Sunday as expected. Congo delays announcing results of presidential election 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z On Friday, the commission’s president, Corneille Nangaa, sent a letter to church officials condemning their actions. Opposition Leader Is Seen by Church as Winning Congo Vote 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z But “whatever feature we study, Molière is clustered with Molière and far from Corneille,” Cafiero says. French playwright Molière did indeed write his own masterpieces, computer science suggests 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z His passion in London was, exactly, a scene out of Corneille, like that of Rodrigue in “Le Cid,” the hero who rises to gloire in a moment of individual trial. How Charles de Gaulle Rescued France 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps most arresting is the way Corneille’s emerald background chimes with the subject’s green eyes. Perspective | I don’t know Corneille de Lyon. I just know his portraits are alive. “Everything is going well,” says Corneille Nangaa, the head of the electoral commission, who has been buzzing around European capitals and Washington, DC to persuade doubters. Congo’s Kabila chases an unconstitutional, unpopular re-election 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The head of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Corneille Nangaa, said the main reason for the failure to hold elections in 2017 was the Kasai violence. Violence is roiling the Democratic Republic of Congo. Some human rights authorities suggest it's a strategy to keep the president in power 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z On Sunday, election commission president Corneille Nangaa said voter registration would not be completed in the volatile Kasai provinces until the end of January 2018. Congo election commission sets Dec. 23, 2018 date for vote 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z He knew Corneille by heart and could quote his plays, and this immersion, Jackson makes plain, was not merely for show. How Charles de Gaulle Rescued France 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z It’s this that catapults Corneille’s portraits five centuries into the present. Perspective | I don’t know Corneille de Lyon. I just know his portraits are alive. National independent election commission president Corneille Nangaa announced the plan on Sunday. Congo: December 2018 date set for next presidential vote 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Electoral commission president Corneille Nangaa on Wednesday cited deadly violence in central Congo for the latest delay. Congo vote delayed until 2019, electoral commission says 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z It was Kahn, after all, who got Ives started on adaptations of French comedies in verse by commissioning Ives to reinvent Pierre Corneille’s comedy “The Liar” in 2010. A modern ‘Misanthrope’ in the play ‘School for Lies,’ at Shakespeare Theatre 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The Seattle Public Theater stages David Ives’ new take on a fizzy 17th-century French comedy by Pierre Corneille, about a less-than-truthful dandy. ‘The Liar’ takes alternative facts to another level 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Commission president Corneille Nangaa said the commission filed the request Saturday because voter lists will not be ready for the Sept. 20 start of the election period. Congo's electoral commission formally requests vote delay 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z In January, the company will present "The Liar," a farce by Ives based on the play by Pierre Corneille and directed by Michael Kahn. The world premiere stage adaptation of "Dead Poets Society," a David Ives play and a revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures" are the highlights of the Classic Stage Company's upcoming season 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Then there is the Eric Jackson formula, which bears a resemblance to one attributed to the 17th-century French playwright Pierre Corneille: You must interest the audience. Meet Yahoo's Loudest Critic 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z If he is known at all, the 17th-century French playwright Pierre Corneille is renowned for his tragedies. Review of ‘The Liar’ at the Westport Country Playhouse 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z But it does have in actor Trevor Young Marston a slippery and verbally nimble Dorante, which is critical to a play that retains the iambic pentameter meter of Corneille’s original text. ‘The Liar’ takes alternative facts to another level 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z He continues his projects as a producer at Antaeus with their upcoming production of Pierre Corneille’s The Liar, which is currently in rehearsal and will be opening in a few weeks. Armin Shimerman On The Star Trek Mythos, Mentoring Actors And Theater's Greatest Catharsis 2013-09-01T05:50:00Z Fortunately, there is nothing at all heavy about this effervescent comedy, which is cleverly based on a 1643 play by the French dramatist Pierre Corneille. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘The Liar,’ at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey 2012-07-14T05:11:44Z Whence originated this custom Corneille gave his own century the credit of it; but it is from the middle ages that it dates. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z I'm neutral; but Corneille has also his good points. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z That she might not feel under personal obligation, he devoted to her dowry the profits of his Commentaries on Corneille. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Some critic, speaking of the new school of French dramatists, says that "they have heaved the ground under the feet of Racine and Corneille." Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z But what, perhaps, is the most curious thing of all is, that he demonstrates that “le grand Corneille” of France actually borrowed, not plots alone, but whole passages from Calderon. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Racine and Corneille he thought better of, although he gave me to understand he considered them lacking in power. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z One thing is sure, Corneille is now the fashion: takes the place Of Garnier, just as in our day felt hats Have replaced velvet mortiers. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z No other literary form has so nobly responded to this great mission as that adopted by Sophocles, Shakespeare, Calderon, Corneille, and Ibsen. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z He read us Corneille's "Cid" last evening with much dash and spirit. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z If you have read the Romance of Octavia, and his Translation of several of Corneille's and Racine's Tragedies, you will readily own that no Person ever wrote in our Language more politely. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z “Alexandre Dumas, Marquis Davy de la Pailleterie,” he replied with evident complacency; “and I should call myself a dramatist if I were not in the country of Corneille.” Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z For Corneille I am, and for felt hats! The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z The English dramatists never in this period got very close to Corneille or Racine, but they were greatly impressed by French criticism and precept. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z We have had a Comedy twice or thrice, which is acted by the young People of the Family, who perform their Parts very well; especially in the Tragedies of Corneille and Racine, translated into High-Dutch. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z The artist will speak of the pictorial genius of Raphael, but not of Haydon; of the dramatic genius of Corneille, but not of Voltaire. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z M. Deschanel quotes the following charming little poem, by Corneille, addressed to a young lady who had not been quite civil to him. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z My lord, when we were talking of Corneille, You spoke in tones that irritated me. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z The conflict between English and French models, between Shakespeare and Corneille, between romantic license and classical proprieties had begun, a conflict to be continued in criticism as well as practice for over a century. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z For my private reading he gave me Dante, Ariosto, and Tasso, Molière, Racine, Corneille. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Many a young man who now astonishes the Hôtel Corneille, less by his brains than his billiards, may one day work hard at a barricade, and harder still, subsequently, at the galleys! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z It is a verse of Corneille, whose application is exceedingly appropriate, and which should be upon the frontispiece of all books of this nature. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z To treat Corneille like that— The author of "The Cid" and of "Melite." The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z Derived from France, where the opera gained great favor and attracted the services of Corneille and Quinault, the English species was closely related to two national forms of drama, the masque and the tragedy. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z After having so successfully sought for inspiration from Moli�re, Goethe and Shakespeare, Gounod now turned to another famous dramatist, and selected Pierre Corneille’s Polyeucte as the subject of his next opera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Voltaire passed for a mere wit; Crebillon, for the sole heir of the sceptre of Corneille and Racine. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Corneille is one of the grandest of modern poets. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z Garnier is the first tragedian who deserves a place not too far below Rotrou, Corneille, Racine, Voltaire and Hugo, and who may be placed in the same class with them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z In the first quarter of the century there were ten of Racine's plays and four of Corneille's; and of these fourteen, eight were acted, and several with success. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Our author acknowledges, that this play of "The Mock Astrologer" is founded on "Le feint Astrologue," by the younger Corneille, which he, in his turn, had imitated from "El Astrologo fingido" of Calderon. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z It was this clique which invented the formula ever afterwards employed in the designation of these three poets—Corneille the great, Racine the tender, and Crebillon the tragic. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Hitherto it has been almost the exclusive appanage of conquerors; but one preceding poet was universally called the Great Corneille, and henceforth we shall say the Great Victor Hugo. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z But the fertility of France at this moment in dramatic authors was immense; nearly 100 are enumerated in the first quarter Corneille. of the century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Another success was achieved when Thomas Corneille turned Moli�re's Don Juan into verse, "eliminating the speeches which offended the scrupulous." Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z And soft Racine; and grave Corneille, The orator of rhymes, whose wail Scarce shook his purple. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z My friend," said he, "I have a presentiment that this very evening you will be greeted by the critics of the nation as a son of the great Corneille. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Without Boileau, without Racine, without Corneille, without Pascal, without La Bruyère, without Molière, Louis XIV., reduced to his mistresses and his wigs, is but a crowned goat, like the sign of an inn. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Of these Voltaire’s edition of Corneille was the most remarkable, and his annotations, united separately under the title of Commentaire sur Corneille, form not the least important portion of his works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Arles, Council of, excludes the actor from the Sacraments, 66, 67 Attila, Pierre Corneille's, 26, 97 note Aubry, Sebastian, 13 Augustus II., Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z Gounod having been successful in his treatment of works by Moli�re, Goethe, and Shakespeare, now turned his attention to Corneille, whose "Polyeucte" exercised an irresistible fascination over his mind. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z As we know, the litterateurs who frequented the salon of Mademoiselle were all enemies of Racine, half on account of loyalty to Corneille, half on their own behalf, through an instinct of self-preservation. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The Minister said that Victor Hugo, while living, figured in the glorious pleiad of great poets—with Corneille, Molière, Racine, and Voltaire. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Yet the theory of Hardy only wanted the genius of Rotrou and Corneille to produce the latter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The contest in the mind of Roger supplies a genuine dramatic interest in the manner of Corneille. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z This time he sought inspiration from Corneille, undeterred by the failure of Gounod over "Polyeucte." Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z It was not the same with another sentiment which filled the plays of Corneille and which is constantly referred to in all the writings of the time. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The picture represented Corneille, Racine and Molière above Voltaire as he leaves his tomb. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z A full account of Corneille may be found elsewhere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Corneille might as well have called his tragedy of Cinna, the Clemency of Augustus, even if Augustus had merely pardoned Cinna, and not added: “Let us be friends!” Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The followers of Mr. E. B. Taylor, Mannhardt, Gaidoz, and the rest, do not seem to be aware that they are only repeating the notions of the nephew of Corneille. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z He and Moli�re, sustained by their friend Boileau, presented a dramatic art absolutely new, which was separated by a gulf from that of Corneille and for which nothing had prepared the way. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z There is a melodramatic element in the 'Medea' of Euripides, as there is in the 'Rodogune' of Corneille; and in the Elizabethan theater the so-called tragedy of blood is nothing if not melodramatic. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Corneille was a member of Richelieu’s band of five poets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It was Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, born at Corneilles, France, in 1789, and who died in 1851, who was the first to reduce to practice the invention called after his name. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z From the angels and furies of Shakespeare and Corneille we have come down to a virtuous idiot, and are told that this is a return to Nature. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z One single thought, characteristic of her generation, came to trouble her happiness; she queried of herself if the great princesses of the theatre of Corneille would have married a cadet of Gascogne. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Corneille and Moli�re and Racine labored side by side, and only Boileau was competent to interpret and to encourage them. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z The technique of the plays of Corneille and Racine, even though they base their dramatic theory on classical practice, differs from the Greek and from Seneca. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Corneille, if I may say so, has delineated great men; Racine, men of eminent rank. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z It was written in the style of “a privy-counsellor,” and it was hissed! while Corneille, who wrote as a poet, for the national theatre, composed sentiments which statesmen got by heart. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Not that the personages of Corneille or of his predecessors acted less wickedly, but their brutes and villains were nevertheless "heroes" and that made all the difference. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z This interpretation was a literary tradition of centuries, and may be found in such diverse writers as Corneille and Lessing, Racine and Dryden, Dacier and Rapin. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z It may be urged that the plays of Racine and Corneille, as well as the Restoration Comedy in England, show characterization and dialogue predominant. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Bossuet, on his side, has the pathetic, in which he has no rival but the great Corneille. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z So, again, Spanish literature, brought into contact with French through Corneille and Moli�re, with others, gave to the national mind of France a new literary launch. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Nevertheless, serious conflicts took place in the soul of the royal pupil of Corneille. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z This is, indeed, Corneille's opinion, and in the examen of his Polyeucte he cites Minturno in justification of his own case. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z It should be remembered, however, that Corneille and Racine, as well as the Restoration writers of comedy wrote primarily for the Court group and not for the public at large. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Shakspeare, we admit, is superior to Corneille in extent and richness of dramatic genius. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Corneille subjects us to his characters and to his ideas; Racine accommodates himself to ours. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Racine would have fared better if his poetic methods had not been in some way a criticism upon the cleverness of Corneille. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The brothers Corneille married the two sisters Lampèrière; and the love of the whole family was cemented by the double union. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z What literary convention may do in twisting conduct from the normal, the pseudo-classic French drama of Corneille and Racine, and its foster child, the Heroic Drama of England, illustrate. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z But if Corneille has less imagination, he has more soul. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Corneille’s heroes often say great things without inspiring them; Racine’s inspire them without saying them. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Thus, the voluptuary Baron, when he had played one of Corneille's heroes, himself was one for some days. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Yet even with him all was to be dramatic; he was to throw himself on the clemency of his conqueror, like one of the heroes of Corneille. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z His favourite authors were Euripides, Virgil and Racine, whom he defends against the stock criticisms of the admirers of Corneille with equal zeal and insight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Corneille always confines himself to the highest regions. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z There is, however, some trace of justice in making Corneille as related to Racine resemble �schylus as related to Sophocles. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z In France, even the craziest of faddists could not hope for a hearing if he suggested that the tragedies of Pierre Corneille were secretly written by Richelieu in his lighter moments. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z His father was an advocate settled in Rouen, his mother a sister of the two Corneille. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Racine, Corneille, Voltaire in France, and Metastasio and Alfieri in Italy, Schiller and Goethe in Germany, have nobly upheld the legitimate drama in their respective countries. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z And it must not be forgotten that Shakspeare is almost alone in his times, whilst after Corneille comes Racine, who would suffice for the poetical glory of a nation. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z It was perhaps not without its influence on the style of Corneille, that a youthful labor of his in authorship was to translate, wholly or partially, the “Pharsalia” of Lucan. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Either I am mistaken, or the genius of Corneille was made for all spectators—the genius of Bossuet for all auditors—yet more than for people of expense. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Fontenelle forms a link between two very widely different periods of French literature, that of Corneille, Racine and Boileau on the one hand, and that of Voltaire, D’Alembert and Diderot on the other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Horace; and among the moderns, Boileau, Corneille, Pope, and Dryden, are at least instances of genius not being destroyed by attention or subjection to rules and science.” Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Racine assuredly cannot be compared with Corneille for dramatic genius; he is more the man of letters; he has not the tragic soul; he neither loves nor understands politics and war. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z This taste on his part, and the rhymed Alexandrines in which he wrote tragedy, may together help account for the hyperheroic style which is Corneille’s great fault. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z In the second era of the human mind in France—in the time of Balzac, Mairet, Rotrou, Corneille—applause was given to every thought that surprised by new images, which were called "wit." A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z He states that there was poetry in the story of Don Juan before Corneille put it in verse. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z His retentive memory was stored with the most brilliant passages from the tragedies of Corneille, Racine, and Voltaire, and no one could quote them with more appropriateness. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Molière is, in comparison with Aristophanes, what Corneille is, in comparison with Shakspeare. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Corneille’s tragedies generally have, if not too many heroes, at least too much hero, in them. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Is there any other greatness than that of Corneille and Bossuet? A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z As a place of pilgrimage for a twentieth-century tourist it is much more appealing than the Virgin-crowned rocher Corneille; each will anticipate no inconsiderable amount of physical labour, which, however, is the true pilgrim spirit. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z A long series of dictionaries of arts and sciences have followed Corneille in placing in their titles the arts before the sciences, which he probably did merely in order to differ from Fureti�re. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The seventeenth century also had its original architecture, different from that of the middle age and that of the Renaissance, simple, austere, noble, like the poetry of Corneille and the prose of Descartes. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z It would be equally near the mark if we should say of Corneille’s chosen mold of 119 verse, that nobody could possibly be simple and natural in that. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Corneille found the stage and every other department of literature infested with these puerilities, into which he rarely fell. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Monsieur Dacier is so far from being of Corneille's Opinion, that he thinks a Man who never did write a Tragedy, may criticise on another's Poem the better for that he never wrote himself. An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z The tragedies of Corneille and Racine are forcible and finished, and should be read because classical. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Think of Homer, of Corneille, of Bossuet,—their most characteristic trait is pathos, and pathos is a cry of the soul. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Corneille did not, however, like Moli�re, tread the boards as an actor. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The evenings he spent with favorite authors, Voltaire, Corneille, and Ossian; frequently, also, in reading the Bible. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z No, says Voltaire, in his edition of Corneille, this mixture of buffoonery and solemnity is intolerable.—Voltaire is a genius—but not of Shakespeare’s magnitude. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Lodewijck Meijer translated Corneille, and brought out his plays on the stage at Amsterdam, where he was manager of the national theatre or Gallican dramatists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The France of the seventeenth century, the France of Descartes, Corneille, and Bossuet, highly spiritual in philosophy, poetry, and eloquence, was also highly spiritual in the arts. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z “But I am Pierre Corneille notwithstanding,” he self-respectingly said once, when friends were regretting to him some deficiency of grace in his personal carriage. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Corneille was one night looking on at a representation of Racine's "Plaideurs." Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z The plays of Racine, Corneille, Moli�re, and Voltaire, are nobler trophies to the greatness of France than all the victories of Louis the XIV., than Versailles, than all the pomps of his splendid reign. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 We entrained at Lerouville at 2 o'clock on the morning of March 10th, bound for St. Corneille, in the Le Mans area, riding as usual in box cars. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 It is continually repeated that Racine wrote better than Corneille:—say only that the two wrote very differently, and like men in very different epochs. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z It thus fell to Corneille to triumph successively, single-handed, over two great adversary courts of critical appreciation—the Academy of Richelieu and the not less formidable H�tel de Rambouillet. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z He knows his Shakespeare, as not one Frenchman of his class knows Corneille, Racine, Molière, or Victor Hugo. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z He knew by heart a meanly written Roman History, and no passage in Corneille could hold an invincible word. Sinister Street, vol. 1 We finally arrived at St. Corneille, a clean little French village, on the 13th, and for the next three weeks "waited" some more. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 He is, in sculpture, the worthy contemporary of Lesueur and Poussin, of Corneille, Descartes, and Pascal. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Felix undergoes instantaneous conversion—a miracle of grace which, under the circumstances provided by Corneille, we may excuse Voltaire for laughing at. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The conflict between honour and love and the grandiose sentiment of the play inevitably provoked comparison with Corneille. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Feeling bound to support the most spirited party, we have shouted for the play, but that night at the Hotel Corneille I am very sad, for comedy, objectivity, has displayed its growing power once more. The Trembling of the Veil And what Part of this Play, Sir, can you charge with a Theft either from any French Author, from Plautus, Fletcher, Congreve, or Corneille? A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope Corneille is the creator of a new pathetic unknown to antiquity and to all the moderns before him. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Nature was more in Corneille, art was more in Racine. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Owing to his eloquence he was speedily ranked in popular estimation with Corneille, Racine, and the other leading figures of the most brilliant period of Louis XIV.’s reign. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" I was at the Hotel Corneille instead of my usual lodging, and why I cannot remember for I thought it expensive. The Trembling of the Veil Such are, besides great numbers of miscellaneous writers of criticism from Corneille in his Examens downwards, the classical commentators, editors, and translators. A Short History of French Literature Dostoyevsky was catholic and cosmopolitan, and admired the literature of foreign countries—Racine as well as Shakespeare, Corneille as well as Schiller. An Outline of Russian Literature These—Madame de S�vign� was of them—stood by their “old admiration,” and were true to Corneille. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The mould of French tragedy was cast by Corneille; but the creative power of his genius was unable to fill it with more than a few examples. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Later adaptations by Rosimond and Thomas Corneille were even less successful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" But the names of Corneille, Racine, and Molière stand in the highest rank of French authors, and their works will remain the chief examples of the kind of drama which they professed. A Short History of French Literature He is neither thoroughly chivalrous like Tasso and Ariosto, nor thoroughly Grecian like Sophocles and Euripides, nor thoroughly French like Corneille and Racine. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 “The Corneille of the pulpit,” was Henri Martin’s characterization and praise. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z But his libretti have a poetic value of their own;20 and Voltaire pronounced much of him worthy of Corneille and of Racine, when at their best. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" He was a great admirer of the French poets, particularly Corneille, and on their works built the plans of four out of the eight plays which he wrote. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West But of the immediate predecessors of Corneille, and his earlier contemporaries, at least half-a-dozen are more or less known to fame, besides the really great name of Rotrou. A Short History of French Literature In that splendid drama of Corneille, Rodrigue and Chimène, the hero and heroine, are to love what martyrs were to religion, all in all for it and for nothing else whatever. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern We dismiss La Bruy�re with a single additional extract—his celebrated parallel between Corneille and Racine: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z But he added nothing to French tragedy where it was weakest—in character; and where it was strongest—in diction—he never equalled Corneille in fire or Racine in refinement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Corneille loved; he made verses for his mistress, became a poet, composed 'Mélite,' and afterwards his other celebrated works. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The two poets were friends, and though Corneille in a manner supplanted him, Rotrou was unwavering throughout his life in expressions of admiration for his great rival. A Short History of French Literature Corneille, unlike many of the great writers of the world, was not driven to wait for “the next age” to do him justice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Richelieu’s “Academy,” at the instigation, indeed almost under the dictation, of Richelieu, who was jealous of Corneille, tried to write it down. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Corneille’s Menteur had pointed the way to a fuller combination of character with intrigue, and in this direction Moli�re’s genius exercised the height of its creative powers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Corneille and Racine had always been disliked by this born romanticist. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Corneille, as has been said above, was one of Richelieu's five poets, but he was indocile to the Cardinal's caprices; and either this indocility or jealousy set Richelieu against Le Cid. A Short History of French Literature Boileau’s testimony is of a more chequered character; yet he seems never to have failed in admiring Corneille whenever his principles would allow him to do so. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" It established not only Corneille’s fame, but his authority. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z French tragi-comedy Corneille can hardly be said to have invented;105 and of the mongrel growths of sentimental comedy and of domestic drama or drame, he rather suggested than exemplified the conditions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Had she even Pierre Corneille for a husband, she would think him pitiful, if he lived in the dull house they still show us. Priests, Women, and Families The Cid appeared in 1636, and for some years Corneille produced a succession of masterpieces. A Short History of French Literature It was reserved for the 18th century to exalt Racine above Corneille. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Let us go at once to that tragedy of Corneille’s which, by the general consent of French critics, is the best work of its author, the “Polyeuctes.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z P. Corneille is justly revered as the first, and in some respects the unequalled, great master of French tragedy, whatever may have been unsound in his theories, or defective in his practice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Well, be it so," thought I, "and, by way of compromise, I 'll keep half of it, and call myself Monsieur Corneille; and as to nationality, there need be little difficulty. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Corneille, always the proudest of writers, was deeply wounded by this ill-success, and publicly renounced the stage. A Short History of French Literature For a poet is to be judged by his best things, and the best things of Corneille are second to none. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Corneille does not belong to the class of the “faultily faultless” writers. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The remains of the ancient abbey of St Corneille are used as a military storehouse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Since the Augustan age of French literature, since Corneille and Racine, a really fine tragedy on a classic subject had been unknown, and the romantic reaction was then at its height. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Racine, with a method refined upon Corneille's own, and a greater sympathy with the actual generation, became the rival of the elder poet, and Corneille did not obey the wise maxim, solve senescentem. A Short History of French Literature Questioned as to the great men of Louis XIV.’s reign, he is said to have replied: “I only know three,—Corneille, Moli�re and myself.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Racine’s second tragedy, the “Alexander the Great,” the youthful author took to the great Corneille, to get his judgment on it. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z All the austerity and republican enthusiasm of her illustrious ancestor, Pierre Corneille, seemed to have come down to his young descendant. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. I am mad for Corneille; everything must yield to his genius ... The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare The private life of Corneille was not unhappy, though his haughty and sensitive temperament brought him many vexations. A Short History of French Literature But it was the glory of the romantic school, or rather of the more catholic study of letters which that school brought about, to restore Corneille to his true rank. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Corneille was thirty-three years the senior of Racine, and he was at this time the undisputed master of 129 French tragedy. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Corneille, Thomas, impromptu written under his portrait, i. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 None the less, it exhibits the phenomenon of several deaths on the stage; but the ridiculous manner in which these deaths are introduced could only strengthen Corneille in his scruples. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Nor was Corneille's contribution to the remarkable opera of Psyché, 1671, inconsiderable. A Short History of French Literature Corneille himself was awkwardly situated in this dispute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" “You have undoubted talent for poetry—for tragedy, not; try your hand in some other poetical line,” was Corneille’s sentence on the unrecognized young rival, who was so soon to supplant him in popular favor. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Many of the greatest names of the era were already carved on tombs: La Rochefoucauld, Pascal, Corneille, Molière. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 I know the canons of perfection and Corneille reads me all that he writes.' The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare It is comparatively rare for Corneille to attempt, after his earliest period, to interest his hearers or readers in the fortunes of his characters. A Short History of French Literature Corneille accordingly, as he tells us, set to work to cure these faults, and produced a truly wonderful work, Clitandre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" An ill-considered pleasantry, too, of Racine’s, in making out of one of Corneille’s tragic lines in his “Cid,” a comic line for “The Suitors,” hurt the old man’s pride. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z These dogs of Egypt, and their dowdy queans, But ill requite these habits and these scenes, To rob Corneille for such a motley piece: His geese were swans; but zounds! thy swans are geese!” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Nearly all the dramas of Scudéry are made up of such speeches, and they were the rage in Paris before Corneille arose, Corneille in whom something of this style yet lingers. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare He treated the Alexandrine of Corneille exactly as Pope treated the decasyllable of Dryden, and as Virgil treated the hexameter of Lucretius. A Short History of French Literature It is certain, however, that there is more interval between these six plays and M�d�e than between the latter and Corneille’s greatest drama. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The chief Parisian theater, completely occupied with the works of his victorious rival, rejected tragedies offered by Corneille. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Something of this nature has been instituted in France, where the descendants of Corneille and Moli�re retain a claim on the theatres whenever the dramas of their great ancestors are performed. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors In France especially, even in the time of the Grand Roi, when Molière and Corneille were shining in all their glory, we have Molière's corroborating evidence that these customs had not been abolished. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Corneille accepted these limitations partially, and without too much good-will, but he evaded the difficulty by emphasising the moral lesson. A Short History of French Literature Internal evidence by no means fathers it on Corneille, and all external testimony is against it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" But Racine was as much before Corneille in perfection of art as Corneille was before Racine in audacity of genius. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Durand’s, where she would hear the pupils of the latter recite Corneille and Racine, she did not tell her what she had planned to do instead, fully intending, however, to reveal it later. Aurora the Magnificent With the help of her friends she translated some of the plays of Corneille, not without adding something to the original to make it look more heroical. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare The best of them was Thomas Corneille, the younger brother of Pierre. A Short History of French Literature The conflicting passions of love, honour, duty, are here represented as they never had been on a French stage, and in the “strong style” which was Corneille’s own. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Corneille’s old age was, perhaps, seriously saddened by the consciousness, which he could not but have, of being retired from the place of ascendency once accorded to him over all. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z One would have thought Chénier was more moving than all Racine and all Corneille. Shirley The Imitation of Jesus Christ, the original, and the translation into verse, by Corneille. How to Form a Library, 2nd ed Thomas Corneille succeeded his brother in the Academy, and died at a great old age. A Short History of French Literature It has never been included in Corneille’s works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Let us study the youthful eloquence of Bossuet, even in his risks of taste, as one studies the youthful poetry of the great Corneille. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z She has in the course of her lessons gone through much of Corneille and Racine, in a very steady, sober spirit, such as I approve. Shirley Corneille and Racine, among poets, had the honour of accessibility. Angelot A Story of the First Empire Yet he himself wrote in the fashionable style, and in the language rather of Racine than of Corneille. A Short History of French Literature Nicom�de, often considered one of Corneille’s best plays, is chiefly remarkable for the curious and unusual character of its hero. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Corneille was �schylus; Racine was Sophocles; and, of course, Euripides had his counterpart in Voltaire. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z He had gone through some of the best passages of Racine and Corneille, and then had heard the echo of his own deep tones in the girl's voice, that modulated itself faithfully on his. Shirley Treviso, Montebello, these are names Their sons inherit without fear, But other names are glorious, and since My Father would have made Corneille a Prince I'll make our Victor Hugo Peer! L'Aiglon Du Ryer had neither Mairet's vigour nor Tristan's tenderness, but he made more progress than either of them had done in the direction of the completed tragedy of Corneille and Racine. A Short History of French Literature Thomas Corneille is in many ways remarkable in the literary gossip-history of his time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" In fact, La Bruy�re’s celebrated comparison of the two Frenchmen—made, of course, before Voltaire—yoked them, Corneille with Sophocles, Racine with Euripides. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Alfieri, Metastasio, Corneille, Lope de Vega, and all the great masters of the tragic muse, have sought in his works the germs of their finest conceptions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Perhaps some may Reproach me, as Mr. Corneille did all the precedent Commentators. The Preface to Aristotle's Art of Poetry Corneille's Illusion is the most complicated example of it, but Saint Genest is by far the most interesting and the best managed. A Short History of French Literature Notwithstanding this domestic felicity, an impression is left on the reader of Corneille’s biographies that he was by no means a happy man. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Corneille’s final influence was to elevate and purify the French theatre. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Sertorius, whose story is told by Plutarch, affords another picturesque subject for Corneille in one of his most famous tragedies. A Short History of Spain Mr. Corneille himself may be an Example of this. The Preface to Aristotle's Art of Poetry Le Cid, 1636, the best-known if not the best of Corneille's plays, and, from the mere playwright's point of view, the most attractive. A Short History of French Literature It has been the custom to speak of Thomas Corneille as of one who, but for the name he bore, would merit no notice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Still, Montaigne, for example, was sometimes obscure; and even the tragedist Corneille wrote here and there what his commentator, Voltaire, declared to be hardly intelligible. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Such is the story which Corneille and writers in other lands have found so fascinating, and which an English author has made the subject of his poem "The White Hind of Sertorius." A Short History of Spain As a dramatist he ranks next to Racine and Corneille, but as an epic poet he is a failure. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History This play marks the climax of Corneille's faculty. A Short History of French Literature Corneille has suffered less than some other writers from the attribution of spurious works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Corneille, Descartes, Pascal, did more for French style than either the H�tel de Rambouillet or the Academy—more than both these two 17 great literary societies together. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z In the mornings he read the French poets, Boileau, Moliere, Corneille, and Racine. Practical Education, Volume I Schultze compares Dante with him, and the French critics have only recently forgiven him for being less classical in form than Corneille, who in 'Le Cid' gave them all the Spanish poetry they wanted! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 It follows that Corneille's demand upon his hearers or readers is a somewhat severe one, and one with which many men are neither disposed nor able to comply. A Short History of French Literature Corneille was their greatest composer; he had most original genius, and was least fettered by artificial rules. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Charlotte Corday d'Armont was the granddaughter of Corneille, the great tragic poet of France. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History After reading Corneille, Racine, Moliere, Boileau, &c. the young prince's taste was formed, as we are assured by his preceptor, and he was now fit for the study of grammar. Practical Education, Volume I In such matters Alfieri was as undramatic as Corneille or Racine. The Countess of Albany Corneille would not submit wholly and cheerfully, though he has, as might be expected, been obliged to introduce love-making into most of his plays. A Short History of French Literature He is to Corneille what Virgil was to Homer, what Raphael to Michael Angelo. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 The analogy arises and grows possible when we compare such writers as Montaigne, Molière, Corneille, or again, certain of the Elzevir series, with our corresponding foremost names. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time The third, and perhaps more popular class, will be the works of authors of all ages, of all countries, and of all schools, such as Shakespeare, Corneille, Pascal, Chateaubriand, Sophocles, Racine, Lord Byron, etc. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 Other writers have sought,—for instance, our great classical authors, Pascal, Bossuet and perhaps Corneille,—to influence the thought of their time; some, like Molière, La Fontaine, and La Bruyère, to correct customs. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life The inveterate habit which exists in England of comparing all dramatists with Shakespeare has been prejudicial to the fame of Corneille with us. A Short History of French Literature He has himself told us, in his most interesting life, that when he read the tragedies of Racine and Corneille, the book fell from his hands. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 We do not, in the period which comes nearest in time and nature to this, see anything of the same kind in the middle space between Villon and Ronsard, between Agrippa d'Aubigné and Corneille. A History of Elizabethan Literature Corneille paints faithfully the spirit of the epoch. Political Women, Vol. 1 The terrible darkness and ignorance of these people, forced on them by the social misery of dull necessity, produces greater soul sensations in the spectator than the stilted tragedy of a Corneille. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature The early comedies of Corneille have been spoken of; despite the improbability of their Spanish plots, they show a distinct feeling after real excellence. A Short History of French Literature Napoleon, at St Helena, forgot the empire of the world, on hearing, in the long evenings, the masterpieces of Corneille read aloud. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Jacqueline was absorbed in her own poetical studies, which received a special impetus from the friendship of Corneille, who had returned at this time to his native town. Pascal The writer replied, that he had purposely forsaken the beaten track of Corneille and Racine. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Napoleon said of Corneille, "Were he living I would make him a king;" but he did not read him. Pearls of Thought Thomas Corneille wrote comedies, but none of importance; and Campistron attained a certain amount of success in comic as in tragic drama. A Short History of French Literature Racine is a more general favourite than Corneille, because he paints feelings more commonly experienced; but he wants his great and heroic sentiments. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 The friend was Corneille, whose impromptu lines on the occasion, along with those of Jacqueline, are still preserved. Pascal Thomas Corneille also eulogized the zeal of the King in "throttling the Reformation." The Huguenots in France It was here, too, that the most exalted and noble masterpieces of Corneille and Racine—Le Cid, Andromaque and Ph�dre—were first enacted. The Story of Paris Consequently the majority of the objections which lie against the masterpieces of Corneille and Racine, and which make the work of their imitators almost unreadable, leave Molière and his followers unscathed. A Short History of French Literature Napoleon said, if Corneille had lived in his time, he would have made him a counsellor of state; for he alone, of all writers, felt the overpowering importance of state necessity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 What would we think of an actor who could make no effect save in the tragedies of Corneille? The Merry-Go-Round Corneille has represented Cleopatra as a model of chaste propriety, magnanimity, constancy, and every female virtue; and the effect is almost ludicrous. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical Corneille, who had gained renown by the great tragedy of The Cid in Richelieu's time, found a worthy successor in Racine, the most distinguished perhaps of French tragic poets. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The two names that stand first in this list, Descartes and Corneille, represent at once the initial change and in addition the greatest accomplishment in the direction of change effected by any individual. A Short History of French Literature Corneille, Racine, Voltaire, became a prey to its disastrous influences. My Recollections of Lord Byron No one knows to-day how Homer or Virgil pronounced their words, and Racine and Corneille, though of a time less remote, have left no tangible record of their speech. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Neither have Corneille's tragedies been accepted as models by the world at large. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 He read her the works of Racine, Corneille, Molière, all of which learning she assimilated rapidly, and with an accuracy which delighted the old scholar. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The style of tragedy which was likely to be successful in France had been pointed out so clearly by Corneille and by Racine that it could not fail to find imitators. A Short History of French Literature It is not Corneille's public that Wagner has to consider, it is merely the nineteenth century. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. The comedy of contemporary manners appears with grace and charm in Corneille's early plays; the comedy of character, in his admirable Le Menteur. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Or perhaps he might turn to the production of Corneille's most famous tragedy, Le Cid, in 1633. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 And that Father Lebrun's impertinent libel against the stage is seen in a bookseller's shop, standing the very next to the immortal labors of Racine, of Corneille, of Molière, etc.? The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I At the beginning of the century the chief place among newspapers was occupied by the Mercure Galant, which had enjoyed the contempt of La Bruyère, and the management of Visé and Thomas Corneille. A Short History of French Literature The kings who had been deposed with so much bloodshed and fanfaronade, reappeared as if nothing had happened when Louis Philippe laid the first stone for the pedestal of Corneille's statue carved by David d'Angers. The Story of Rouen The success was great, though Saint-�vremond pronounced his censures, and Corneille found ridiculous the trophies erected upon the imagined ruins of his own. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Corneille wrote The Cid, and the Cardinal himself took his pen and attempted to produce a better tragedy. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 Incidentally we should be thankful that our greatest poet bore a name so much more picturesque than Corneille, crow, or Racine, root. The Romance of Names The same difference is found in the classic school of France, represented by Corneille, Molière, and Racine, and the romantic school founded by Victor Hugo. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism This house of theirs in the Rue Corneille was not the only one in which Pierre wrote his tragedies. The Story of Rouen Madame de S�vign� was the devoted admirer of the great Corneille, but when she witnessed his young rival's Andromaque she yielded to its pathos six reluctant tears. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. But under Corneille's influence the French stage developed from a state of buffoonery and wooden imitation of the ancients to a state where a greater artist than Corneille gave it really world-wide prominence. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 He followed Corneille but he was haunted by memories of "the divine Shakspere." History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 To show the difference between the classic and the Shakespearian drama the student should read one or more of the plays of Euripides, Corneille, and Molière in good translations. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Corneille and his father were both officers of this jurisdiction later on. The Story of Rouen It is a tragedy written in discipleship to Rotrou and to Corneille, and the pupil was rather an imitator of Corneille's infirmities than of his excellences. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. We do not forget that Corneille wrote comedies before Molière; and indeed there is no doubt that the younger of the two dramatists owed something, even in comedy, to the older. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 He loved and studied Chaucer and Spenser even while he was copying Molière and Corneille. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Shakespeare, who is accounted to be the English Corneille, flourished at about the same time as Lope de Vega; and it was Shakespeare who created the English drama. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Though his brother Thomas passes over the little episode in silence, his nephew Fontenelle lets us into a literary secret which reveals Corneille's first love affair in Rouen. The Story of Rouen In Corneille's art, tragedy had defined itself, and comedy was free to be purely comic; but it is also literary—light, yet solid in structure; easy, yet exact in style. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. It was perhaps due to Corneille's influence as much as to anything else that his genius at last discovered its true level. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 Thanks to the young talent of Mademoiselle Rachel, rather than to the old genius of Corneille, the house was crowded. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 It is true that the passage is exactly applicable to Calderon and Lope de Vega; and for that reason, as they are great comic writers, can hardly apply equally well to Corneille and Racine. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 For it has been not merely the home of Pierre Corneille and his brother Thomas, but the meeting-place of several other men distinguished in French literature. The Story of Rouen The languors of conventional love and the plaintive accents of conventional grief suited the powers of the younger Corneille. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Corneille, Descartes, Pascal, did more for French style than either the Hôtel de Rambouillet or the Academy,—more than both these two great literary societies together. Classic French Course in English In 1759, in a journal, "Litteraturbriefe," Lessing began a warm defense of Shakespeare and declared his superiority to Racine and Corneille. The Facts About Shakespeare At his appearance, Corneille, the great French Dramatist, was in the full splendour of his fame, whose rival he was afterwards recognised to be. Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) It is certain at any rate that Molière, who was then some thirty-six years old, visited Corneille, who was sixteen years his senior, and already famous in the wider world of literature. The Story of Rouen Corneille alone is distinguished by delicacy of imagination and the finer touch of a dexterous artist. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. There is, however, some trace of justice in making Corneille as related to Racine resemble Æschylus as related to Sophocles. Classic French Course in English Corneille was sufficiently large and full in his person; his air simple and vulgar; always negligent; and very little solicitous of pleasing by his exterior. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 One has met Joan in life, she is generally sixteen or seventeen, ardent, heroic, romantic, with the poetry of Corneille and Racine upon her lips. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 There was Berthe Corneille too, the mother of Fontenelle, and though Thomas was but young, he may well have had his share in a friendship which must have been very attractive to his older brother. The Story of Rouen The drama of Corneille deals with what is extraordinary, but in what is extraordinary it seeks for truth. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. In fact, La Bruyère's celebrated comparison of the two Frenchmen—made, of course, before Voltaire—yoked them, Corneille with Sophocles, Racine with Euripides. Classic French Course in English The Polyeucte of Corneille, which is now accounted to be his masterpiece, when he read it to the literary assembly held at the Hotel de Rambouillet, was not approved. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 "If," returned the other, striking an attitude, "I did not here happen to find myself in the country of the illustrious Corneille, I should call myself a dramatist." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert It was chosen by Corneille as a motto for Cinna; it would do as a summary of all the writings of Scott. Sir Walter Scott A Lecture at the Sorbonne The situation is such as Corneille might have imagined; but Rotrou's young hero in the end is pardoned and receives the kingdom. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. It was perhaps not without its influence on the style of Corneille, that a youthful labor of his in authorship was to translate, wholly or partially, the "Pharsalia" of Lucan. Classic French Course in English Corneille seems not to have been ignorant of the truth of this criticism. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 She was a beautiful woman of simple tastes, and yearned for a life of conventual seclusion as she received the homage of Corneille or visited the salon of the brilliant wit, Julie de Rambouillet. Heroes of Modern Europe Burgundy could boast of Corneille, though Corneille was a Norman, but we should smile if Ireland boasted of Shakespeare. A Short History of England The play is a free and original adaptation from a work of the Spanish dramatist Alarcon, but in Corneille's hands it becomes characteristically French. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. This taste on his part, and the rhymed Alexandrines in which he wrote tragedy, may together help account for the hyper-heroic style which is Corneille's great fault. Classic French Course in English Voltaire censures Corneille for making his heroes say continually they are great men. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Corneille and Racine wrote tragedies of classic fame, and Moli�re, the greatest of all comedians, could amuse the wit of every visitor to the court. Heroes of Modern Europe It is said that Cervantes himself preferred it to his Don Quixote, just as Corneille preferred Nicomede to his Cid, and Milton Paradise Regained to his Paradise Lost.—Encyc. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The play unites the passions of romance with a study of large political interests hardly surpassed by Corneille. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Corneille's tragedies generally have, if not too many heroes, at least too much hero, in them. Classic French Course in English He did not embellish what he said, and to discover the great Corneille it became necessary to read him. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 I am curious to know how the little rival of the great Corneille will take this failure, for it certainly is one. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 I was once in a home in Switzerland where the family spent most of the evenings in reading Racine, Molière, and Corneille. Girls and Women Corneille was deeply discouraged, but prepared himself for future victories. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Corneille did not, however, like Molière, tread the boards as an actor. Classic French Course in English All his heroes are only so many Corneilles in different situations. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 What I most like is the presumption of this tragedy student, who undertakes to make Romans talk for us after our great, our sublime Corneille; but some people think that they can do any thing. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 I had barely disappeared down the deserted Rue Corneille when they debouched into the square, spreading out and circling round as hounds hot upon a scent. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV The family, the country, the monarchy, religion—these in turn were honoured by the genius of Corneille. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. "But I am Pierre Corneille notwithstanding," he self-respectingly said once, when friends were regretting to him some deficiency of grace in his personal carriage. Classic French Course in English Thomas Corneille attempted the same career as his brother; perhaps his name was unfortunate, for it naturally excited a comparison which could not be favourable to him. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 He protested that it was Racine’s chef d’œuvre; that the ancients had never written any thing finer; that neither Tacitus nor Corneille had ever produced any thing more forcible. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 The play referred to is supposed to be "Le Comte d'Essex," by Thomas Corneille. Candide Here Corneille read his plays from the Cid to Rodogune; here Bossuet, a marvellous boy, improvised a midnight discourse, and Voiture declared he had never heard one preach so early or so late. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Richelieu's "Academy," at the instigation, indeed almost under the dictation, of Richelieu, who was jealous of Corneille, tried to write it down. Classic French Course in English Corneille told Chevreau several years before his death, that he had taken leave of the theatre, for he had lost his poetical powers with his teeth. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 He is extremely severe on the faults of the favourite tragedian, and he blames Corneille for preferring the gigantic to the human, and for ignoring the tender and touching simplicity of the Greeks. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France I am convinced that France is indebted to the works of Corneille for many of her greatest men. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia The play was at first coldly received; Corneille and his cabal did not spare their censures. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. It established not only Corneille's fame, but his authority. Classic French Course in English Exact Racine and Corneille's noble fire Show'd us that France had something to admire. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 No doubt the fact is that Vauvenargues saw in the rhetoric of Corneille a parody of his own sentiments, carried to the verge of rodomontade. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France I could have wished, however, that you had prepared not only the tragedies of Racine, Corneille, and Voltaire, but also some of the comedies of Molière. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia The plays appeared almost simultaneously in November 1670; Corneille's was before long withdrawn; Racine's B�r�nice, in which the penetrating voice of La Champmesl� interpreted the sorrows of the heroine, obtained a triumph. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Let us go at once to that tragedy of Corneille's which, by the general consent of French critics, is the best work of its author, the "Polyeuctes." Classic French Course in English Yet Fontenelle did not find in this translation the prevailing charm of the original, which consists in that simplicity and naïveté which are lost in the pomp of versification so natural to Corneille. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The taste of the age of Louis XV. affected to admire Corneille to the disadvantage of all other rivals, and Voltaire was not far from blaming Vauvenargues for his "extreme predilection" for Racine. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Corneille would assuredly have deserved it, for he was a poet in the noblest sense, and imbued with the ideas and principles of modern civilization. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Dramatists now sprang up on every side, but at first were merely translators of Corneille, Racine, and Molière. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers It thus fell to Corneille to triumph successively, single-handed, over two great adversary courts of critical appreciation,—the Academy of Richelieu and the not less formidable Hôtel de Rambouillet. Classic French Course in English The great Corneille having finished his studies, devoted himself to the bar; but this was not the stage on which his abilities were to be displayed. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The language of Pascal and of Corneille became the medium of corrupting the minds of millions. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Thus Lincoln was a greater man than Emerson; Bismarck a greater than Lessing; Cromwell a greater than Bunyan; Napoleon a greater than Corneille and Racine; Pericles greater than Plato; and Caesar greater than Virgil. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View It was so in the France of Louis Quatorze, when Corneille, Racine, Molière, Pascal, and numbers of others of hardly smaller note, were writing side by side. Platform Monologues Corneille's final influence was to elevate and purify the French theatre. Classic French Course in English The pleasure arising from this adventure excited in Corneille a talent which had hitherto been unknown to him, and he attempted, as if it were by inspiration, dramatic poetry. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 I feel that I have never done justice to Corneille before, I have been so dissatisfied with the formal rhyme, the want of the natural dramatic play of language in his work, the stilted rhetoric. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter We are constantly offended by a superfine diction lavished on barbarous chiefs and rough soldiers of the Lower Empire, which almost reproduces the high-flown rhetoric in which Corneille's and Racine's characters address each other. Gibbon Normans still edit his works--and dedicate these books to the town which also bred Corneille. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance Corneille does not belong to the class of the "faultily faultless" writers. Classic French Course in English Racine answered, that he had seen a melancholy spectacle in the house of Corneille, whom he found dying, deprived even of a little broth! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 But this was the misfortune of Corneille; he walked in shackles imposed by the taste of his time. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter House in the rue de la Pie, no 4, where in 1606 the great Corneille was born. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers The groves of Versailles were a beauty unique in the world, as were then certain passages of Corneille. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Felix undergoes instantaneous conversion,—a miracle of grace which, under the circumstances provided by Corneille, we may excuse Voltaire for laughing at. Classic French Course in English Corneille, like our Dryden, felt the acrimony of literary irritation. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Any other good dramatic authors in that language I want also; but comic authors, chiefly, though I should wish to have Racine, Corneille, and Voltaire too. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The medallion of Pierre Corneille is sculptured on the entablature which is supported by these columns, and on each side of the medallion, we perceive Melpomene with a dagger, and Thalia with a mask. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers One dares say that the beautiful scenes of Corneille and the touching tragedies of Racine surpass the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides as much as these two Greeks surpass Thespis. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary But Racine was as much before Corneille in perfection of art, as Corneille was before Racine in audacity of genius. Classic French Course in English Corneille loved; he made verses for his mistress, became a poet, composed Mélite and afterwards his other celebrated works. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 In the French drama Corneille had great conceptions, noble types of character, stately verse, and tragic situations; but English readers too often find him mannered, artificial, dull. Studies in Early Victorian Literature In the centre of the platform on the bridge, is placed the bronze statue of Pierre Corneille, on a pedestal of white Carrara marble, which rests on a base of granite. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers During the seventeenth century Corneille and Molière refined the dramatic taste of their compatriots. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music This latter play the author took to Corneille to get his judgment on it. Classic French Course in English The discreet Corneille had else remained a lawyer. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Corneille, I freely admit, is not Shakespeare: I greatly prefer Shakespeare; but I prefer Corneille to Ibsen. Studies in Early Victorian Literature And on the reverse, the statue, with this inscription: Statue of bronze, erected by subscription to Pierre Corneille in his native town, through the exertions of the Society of Emulation of Rouen, in 1834. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers This brilliancy continued by so many geniuses of the first order, from Corneille to Voltaire, from Bossuet to Rousseau, from Fénélon to Bernardin Saint Pierre, had accustomed the people to look on this side. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Corneille was thirty-three years the senior of Racine, and he was at this time the undisputed master of French tragedy. Classic French Course in English This lamentable tragedy was intended to thwart Corneille's "Cid." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Corneille was old, and Paris looked to Racine to supply his place, yet he left the theatrical world for ever. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Pope.—I caught the fire from the idea of Corneille. Dialogues of the Dead The Emperor had sent to Paris for his tragic performers, who played every evening in the classic works of Corneille and Racine. Great Violinists And Pianists "You have undoubted talent for poetry—for tragedy, not; try your hand in some other poetical line," was Corneille's sentence on the unrecognized young rival, who was so soon to supplant him in popular favor. Classic French Course in English Lulli composed music to the words of Molière and other celebrities; amongst notable works then produced was the "Andromeda" of Corneille, a tragedy, with hymns and dances, executed in 1650, at the Petit Bourbon. The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. Here is a terra-cotta head of Corneille, of very indifferent workmanship; and much inferior to a similar representation of him at Rouen. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two But let me ask you to which of our rival tragedians, Racine and Corneille, do you give the preference? Dialogues of the Dead Alexander Dumas, I baptize you a poet, in the name of Shakspeare, Corneille, and Schiller. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business An ill-considered pleasantry, too, of Racine's, in making, out of one of Corneille's tragic lines in his "Cid," a comic line in "The Suitors," hurt the old man's pride. Classic French Course in English Voltaire had been struck by a letter in which Vauvenargues, then unknown to him, had sent a criticism comparing Corneille disadvantageously with Racine. Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues And jealous of his laurels, he hated Corneille as much as he did the enemies of France. A Short History of France Pope.—The sublimest plays of Corneille are, in my judgment, equalled by the Athalia of Racine, and the tender passions are certainly touched by that elegant and most pathetic writer with a much finer hand. Dialogues of the Dead The duke of Orleans, and Corneille, the poet, lie buried in it, together with other distinguished persons. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business The chief Parisian theatre, completely occupied with the works of his victorious rival, rejected tragedies offered by Corneille. Classic French Course in English It is not enough to concede to Racine the glory of art, while giving to Molière or Corneille the glory of genius. Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues He would have exchanged all his honors for the ability to write one play like those of Corneille. A Short History of France Corneille formed himself entirely upon Lucan, but the master of Racine was Virgil. Dialogues of the Dead He always replied, "I am not the less Pierre Corneille." Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business These—Madame de Sévigné was of them—stood by their "old admiration," and were true to Corneille. Classic French Course in English From this moment I abandoned the classes of the central school, where I was taught to admire Corneille, Racine, La Fontaine, Molière, and attended only the mathematical course. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Corneille, Racine, Moli�re, if permitted to be, must pay him an almost idolatrous homage. A Short History of France Boileau.—I am glad to find, Mr. Pope, that in praising Corneille you run into poetry, which is not the language of sober criticism, though sometimes used by Longinus. Dialogues of the Dead It had been well if after this Corneille had been content to write no more plays, for everyone he now produced only proved that his genius had decayed. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business "The Corneille of the pulpit," was Henri Martin's characterization and praise. Classic French Course in English In reading this work of our fellow-academician, we may be somewhat surprised at the immense distance that the modest, the timid, the sensitive Bailly puts between the great Corneille, his special favourite, and Racine. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Corneille le Brun was informed by the king of Bantam in 1706 that the people of Java were made converts to that sect about three hundred years before. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Pope.—I am afraid of those judges, for I see them continually walking hand-in-hand, and engaged in the most friendly conversation with Corneille, Racine, and Molière. Dialogues of the Dead In France, much more in Paris, the name of Corneille is to-day half sacred. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business So, again, Spanish literature, brought into contact with French through Corneille and Molière with others, gave to the national mind of France a new literary launch. Classic French Course in English Promotion must also be denied, for one reason or another, to Ben Jonson, to Corneille and Racine, to Schiller, to Alfieri, and to Victor Hugo. Inquiries and Opinions It is at least interesting that the two Frenchmen whose art has most in common with his, Nicolas Poussin and Pierre Corneille, should have been Normans like himself. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects I need not add that he is infinitely more correct than Corneille, and more harmonious and noble in his versification. Dialogues of the Dead Madame Sevigne was one of Corneille's warmest admirers, and did not join the company of Racine worshipers. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business We dismiss La Bruyère with a single additional extract,—his celebrated parallel between Corneille and Racine:— Corneille subjects us to his characters and to his ideas; Racine accommodates himself to ours. Classic French Course in English Mr. Waller altered the Maid's Tragedy from Fletcher, and translated the first Act of the Tragedy of Pompey from the French of Corneille. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II This florid style is not frequent in French, and that is precisely what Corneille and Victor Hugo succeeded in giving it. Musical Memories Boileau.—My friendship with Racine, and my partiality for his writings, make me hear with great pleasure the preference given to him above Corneille by so judicious a critic. Dialogues of the Dead When Corneille entered upon life, there was no theater in France, though there were exhibitions of various kinds. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business In our own age, Corneille has attempted it, and, it appears by his preface, with great success. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Horace and Pompey in her line appear, With all the worth that Rome did once revere: Much to Corneille they owe, and much to her. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II It can set off against our trinity of Corneille, Racine, and Molière, the no less glorious Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Musical Memories But yet the spirit and the majesty of ancient Rome were never so well expressed as by Corneille. Dialogues of the Dead Corneille, while vainly endeavoring to win success at the bar, was incited to write a comedy, and produced one under the title of "Melite." Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Seneca and Corneille have thrown this last scene into narrative. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 They yet groped in the dark, and their beauties were yet only occasional; Corneille, Racine, Molière, Crebillon, and Voltaire perfected the French drama. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Mademoiselle d'Angeville ascended Mont Blanc, and Mademoiselle Rachel has replaced Corneille and Racine on their crumbling pedestals. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Corneille composes verses a hundred times finer than mine, but no one regards him. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions He was unacquainted with the English or Spanish drama, and had studied only the French of Corneille, and the Greek. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business For this generation 'Hernani' was what the 'Cid' was for the contemporaries of Corneille. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Thomas Corneille had the unfortunate honour of being brother to a great poet, and his own merits have been considerably injured by the involuntary comparison. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Old as I am, I read the fine raptures of Lucan and Corneille with pleasure. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Do not think that I am sought after by the great for my dramas; Corneille composes nobler verses than mine, but no one notices him, and he only pleases by the mouth of the actors. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions With four other authors, Corneille was appointed to correct the plays of Richelieu. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Musset, writing in 1838, says that the tragedies of Corneille and Racine had disappeared from the French stage for ten years. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The plays of Corneille and Racine, Alfieri, and Metastasio, on historical subjects, will make a double impression on your memory by the excitement of your imagination. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Yes, and by the way, you may extract a book from the valise—the Calderon, for choice, or if it come handier, that second volume of Corneille. Lady Good-for-Nothing Corneille made a liberal use of Spanish literature; and the pure waters of Racine flowed from the fountains of Sophocles and Euripides. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Corneille followed his advice, and produced a tragedy which roused all France to enthusiasm. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business A representation of Corneille's tragedy of "Andromeda," in 1682, occasioned great excitement in Paris, owing to the introduction of a "real horse" to play the part of Pegasus. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character As a poet he stood in the direct lineage of Corneille, whose Polyeucte he thought the greatest of the world's tragedies. Recent Developments in European Thought Shakespear, Corneille, and Racine, are the only modern writers of Tragedy, that we can venture to oppose to Eschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Essays on Wit No. 2 But the circumstance was not unusual with Malherbe, Corneille, and Racine; and the most fervid verses of Homer, and the most tender of Euripides, were often repeated by Milton. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Corneille said: "It ill becomes a young man to make game of other people's verses." Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business The play produced at the Olympic Theatre some twenty years ago, was an English version of the "Ariâne" of Thomas Corneille. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character It is now Homer, and now Virgil; once Dryden, and since Walter Scott; now Corneille, and now Racine; now Crebillon, now Voltaire. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals The pompous and truly Roman sentiments of Corneille are chiefly drawn from Luoan and Tacitus; the former of whom, by a strange perversion of taste, he is known to have preferred to Virgil. Essays on Wit No. 2 Malebranche, Hobbes, Corneille, and others, darkened their apartment when they wrote, to concentrate their thoughts, as Milton says of the mind, "in the spacious circuits of her musing." Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Some of them espoused the cause of Corneille—others openly traduced his plays and were his enemies. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business You recite very well, Kitty," she said, with cold and stately emphasis, "but another time I will ask you to confine yourself to Racine and Corneille. The Marriage of William Ashe Sophocles, Calderon, Corneille, and Shakespeare were all that he admitted to his list of "Kings of Tragedy." The End of the World A Love Story |
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