PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. PART I. RACINE IMPROVED
5. CHAPTER I. JOHN CROWNE AND RACINE 3
6. CHAPTER II . THOMAS OTWAY'S TITUS AND BERENICE 26
7. CHAPTER III. THE MOURNING BRIDE 57
8. CHAPTER IV. ABEL BOYER'S ACHILLES 82
9. CHAPTER V. EDMUND SMITH AND RACINE 93
10. CHAPTER VI. ANDROMAQUE AS THE "DISTREST MOTHER 118
11. CHAPTER VII. CHARLES JOHNSON'S THE VICTIM 139
12. CHAPTER VIII. THE SULTANESS 154
13. CHAPTER IX. THE FATAL LEGACY 184
14. CHAPTER X. TWO TRANSLATIONS OF BRITANNICUS 192
15. PART II. RACINE AND ENGLISH CLASSICISM
16. CHAPTER XI. NEO-CLASSICAL THEORY OF TRAGEDY IN ENGLAND 1674-1699 215
17. CHAPTER XII. ENGLISH JUDGMENTS OF RACINE 1675-1699 261
18. CHAPTER XIII. RACINE AND THE CRITICS 1700-1721 274
19. CHAPTER XIV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 285
20. INDEX 341