@inbook{76fbdb5038df49978ad0c731e8fc1744,
title = "Thomas Corneille, pr{\'e}curseur de Racine",
abstract = " After at least ten years of writing for the stage, Thomas Corneille (1625-1709) changed direction around 1660, abandoning romanesque plays for historical tragedies. His 'Pers{\'e}e et D{\'e}m{\'e}trius' (1663), with its theme of two enemy brothers, may have inspired Racine (1639-99) in his initial work, La Th{\'e}bad{\"i}e (1664), while 'La Mort de l'empereur Commode' (1658) and 'Camma' (1661) contain structural parallels to 'Andromaque' (1667). Thomas's 'Ariane' (1672) has similarities of characterisation with 'Ph{\`e}dre' five years later. Thus the older playwright, like Boyer and Quinault, may well have supplied ideas, situations, character traits and even verses which Racine incorporated into his masterpieces.",
keywords = "Literature in French, Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies",
author = "Gossip, \{Christopher J\}",
year = "2012",
language = "French",
isbn = "9781886365308",
series = "EMF Critiques",
publisher = "Rookwood Press",
pages = "100--109",
editor = "\{W Tobin\}, Ronald and \{J Kennedy\}, Angus",
booktitle = "Changing Perspectives: Studies on Racine in Honor of John Campbell",
edition = "1",
}