What is the nature of power in Racinian tragedy? Few questions have
generated such widespread critical disagreement. This study looks
beyond the conventional pageant of political power in the plays by
exploring tensions inherent in the very concept of power. Each
chapter elucidates how Racine's power relationships are
concentrated in the question of language. His characters seek to
discover, channel and control the thoughts of others by means of a
careful manipulation of the word. The limits of language and the
way it can be distorted and controlled rather than its
expressiveness are shown to be crucial to Racine's power struggles.
This book examines Racine's portrayal of the disintegration of the
processes of thought by means of linguistic engineering, showing
how it mirrors the absolutist policies of Louis XIV and foreshadows
more recent anxieties about the use and abuse of language in our
own time. It therefore provides a new reading of Racine's use of
language which challenges previous critical responses. The emphasis
throughout is on close engagement with the text.
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