The Cid, the Cinna, the Theatrical Illusion

Beschreibung

This volume compiles three of Corneille's most lauded plays: The Cid, Corneille's masterpiece set in medieval Spain, was the first great work of French classical drama; Cinna, written three years later in 1641, is a tense political drama; and The Theatrical Illusion, an earlier work, is reminiscent of Shakespeare's exuberant comedies.<BR><BR>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.

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