English theatre in Enlightenment France [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… in their own internal preoccupations, while ‘commoners,’ much like tragic heroes, were now entitled to express noble sentiments. 1 . Bénédicte Louvat-Molozay et Florence March, 'Introduction', Les Théâtres anglais et français (XVIe-XVIIIe … ‘sensitive souls, 14 eliciting the emotional allegiance of an audience gripped by an aestheticism that ‘exalted human sentiment.’ (Delon 279) Translators of Shakespeare such as Jean-François Ducis and Pierre Letourneur, 15 among others, … to those nations so entertained by blood! […] The French are no tigers or ferocious beasts Only to be moved by atrocious sentiment! 18 14 . Michel Delon, 'ʻHomo sumʼ... Un vers de Térence comme devise des Lumières', Dix-huitième Siècle (n° …
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