Corneille, Pierre 1606-1684

Overview

Works:	4,494 works in 14,259 publications in 48 languages and 108,171 library holdings
Genres:	Tragedies French drama French drama (Tragedy) Tragicomedy Tragedy Historical drama
Roles:	Other, Translator, Librettist, Bibliographic antecedent, Adapter, Honoree, Editor, Composer, Creator, Dedicatee, Lyricist, Attributed name, Author of introduction, Collaborator
Classifications:	pq1745.e5, 842.4

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Pierre Corneille

Publications by Pierre Corneille

Publications by Pierre Corneille, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Pierre Corneille

The classical moment; studies of Corneille, Molière and Racine by Martin Turnell ( Book )
Pierre Corneille by Claude Kurt Abraham ( Book )
Corneille : his heroes and their worlds by Robert James Nelson ( Book )
Corneille and Racine : parallels and contrasts by Robert James Nelson ( Book )
Corneille and Racine; problems of tragic form by Gordon Pocock ( Book )

Ariosto, Shakespeare and Corneille by Benedetto Croce ( Book )
Corneille et la dialectique du héros by Serge Doubrovsky ( Book )
Corneille by Philip John Yarrow ( Book )
Le sentiment de l'amour dans l'œuvere de Pierre Corneille by Octave Nadal ( Book )
The comedies of Corneille : experiments in the comic by G. J Mallinson ( Book )
La gloire : the Roman Empire of Corneille and Racine by Louis Auchincloss ( Book )
Pierre Corneille revisited by Claire L Carlin ( Book )
Corneille by Gustave Lanson ( Book )
Corneille and the Spanish drama by Jacob Bernard Segall ( Book )
The tragedy of origins : Pierre Corneille and historical perspective by John D Lyons ( Book )
The criticism of Cornelian tragedy; a study of critical writing from the seventeenth to the twentieth century by Herbert Fogel ( Book )
La Tragédie sans tragique, le néo-stoïcisme dans l'oeuvre de Pierre Corneille by Jacques Maurens ( Book )
Le héros et l'Etat dans la tragédie de Pierre Corneille by Michel Prigent ( Book )
La dramaturgie de Corneille by Marie Odile Sweetser ( Book )
If there are no more heroes, there are heroines : a feminist critique of Corneille's heroines, 1637-1643 by Josephine Anne Schmidt ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Pierre Corneille

Le Cid by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
1,472 editions published between 1637 and 2010 in 25 languages and held by 2,233 libraries worldwide
Analyse: Personnages : 4 femmes, 8 hommes.

Polyeucte by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
515 editions published between 1643 and 2010 in 12 languages and held by 1,852 libraries worldwide
Analyse: Personnages: 7 hommes, 2 femmes, 3 figurants.

Six plays by Corneille and Racine by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
11 editions published between 1931 and 1959 in English and held by 1,563 libraries worldwide

Horace by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
626 editions published between 1641 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 1,215 libraries worldwide
Presentation in French of the play by Corneille.

Théâtre complet by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
300 editions published between 1873 and 2002 in 5 languages and held by 969 libraries worldwide

Chief plays by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
3 editions published between 1952 and 1957 in English and held by 962 libraries worldwide

Cinna by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
394 editions published between 1643 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 879 libraries worldwide
Set in first century Rome, this neoclassical tragedy presents a portrait of Augustus as the powerful ruler whose goodness is so great that it averts the tragic consequences of Amelia's and Cinna's plot to murder him.

The theatre of illusion by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
206 editions published between 1639 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 808 libraries worldwide
Le texte intégral est annoté pour une approche pédagogique adaptée au niveau de l'élève. Cette étude contient la biographie de l'auteur, une approche des contextes et des thèmes, des questionnaires de lecture analytique et des groupements de textes.

Oeuvres complètes by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
69 editions published between 1774 and 1997 in French and Undetermined and held by 745 libraries worldwide
Complete works. Includes his plays, prose works, correspondence, and poetry, with a brief biography by Fontenelle.

The Cid ; Cinna ; The theatrical illusion by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
3 editions published between 1975 and 1980 in English and held by 643 libraries worldwide

Le menteur : comédie by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
263 editions published between 1644 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 608 libraries worldwide
Théâtre avec dix personnages: quatre femmes, six hommes.

Nine classic French plays by Joseph Seronde ( Book )
2 editions published between 1936 and 1974 in English and held by 584 libraries worldwide

Nicomède by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
241 editions published between 1651 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 571 libraries worldwide

Corneille par lui-même by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
31 editions published between 1954 and 1972 in French and held by 553 libraries worldwide

Théâtre choisi by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
155 editions published between 1783 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 524 libraries worldwide

Rodogune by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
62 editions published between 1647 and 2006 in 8 languages and held by 509 libraries worldwide
Cléopâtre, reine de Syrie, se remarie avec son beau-frère Antiochus, persuadée que son mari Demetrius a été tué par les Parthes. Tragédie dynastique du pouvoir, cette pièce est également une tragédie familiale de l'amour et de la haine.

Pompée by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
145 editions published between 1621 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 473 libraries worldwide

Théatre choisi de Corneille by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
80 editions published between 1800 and 1980 in 3 languages and held by 465 libraries worldwide

Œuvres de P. Corneille by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
235 editions published between 1758 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 461 libraries worldwide

Rodogune : tragédie by Pierre Corneille ( Book )
59 editions published between 1647 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 456 libraries worldwide

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Audience Level

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	Kids	General	Special

Audience level: 0.71 (from 0.60 for Six plays ... to 0.83 for Pompée ...)

Related Identities

Racine, Jean 1639-1699 Other
Corneille, Thomas 1625-1709 Editor
Voltaire 1694-1778 Editor
Molière 1622-1673 Librettist
Cid ca. 1043-1099
Rat, Maurice Editor
Fontenelle M. de (Bernard Le Bovier) 1657-1757 Editor
Thomas a Kempis 1380?-1471 Attributed name
Couton, Georges Editor
Marty-Laveaux, Charles Joseph 1823-1899 Editor

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Associated Subjects

Ariosto, Lodovico,--1474-1533‍ Art‍ Bibliography‍ Biography‍ Cid,--ca. 1043-1099‍ Cinna, Gnaeus Cornelius‍ Classicism‍ Conference proceedings‍ Corneille, Pierre,--1606-1684‍ Corneille, Thomas,--1625-1709‍ Criticism, interpretation, etc.‍ Criticism and interpretation‍ Drama‍ Drama--Technique‍ Dramatists, French‍ France French drama‍ French drama (Comedy)‍ French drama (Tragedy)‍ French literature‍ Heroes‍ Heroes as literary characters‍ Heroines as literary characters‍ History‍ Horatii (Legendary characters)‍ Humorous plays‍ Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)‍ Language and languages‍ Literary form‍ Literature‍ Love‍ Molière,--1622-1673‍ Philosophy‍ Poetics‍ Political and social views‍ Political plays, French‍ Politics and literature‍ Polyeuctus,--Saint,--d. ca. 259‍ Pompey,--the Great,--106-48 B.C‍ Racine, Jean,--1639-1699‍ Rome Rotrou, Jean,--1609-1650‍ Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616‍ Technique‍ Theater‍ Tragedy‍ Translations‍ Women‍ Women as literary characters‍ Women heroes‍

Alternative Names

controlled identity Cinq auteurs

Corneille.

Corneille, ... 1606-1684

Corneille, Monsieur (Pierre), 1606-1684

Corneille, P.

Corneille, P. 1606-1684

Corneille, Peter 1606-1684

Corneille, Piotr.

Cornelio, Pietro

Cornelio, Pietro, 1606-1684

Cornelius, Petrus 1606-1684

Korneille, P. 1606-1684

Kornelʹ, Pʹer, 1606-1684

Kornel, Piotr.

Kornell, P.

Kūrnay, Biyīr 1606-1684

بيار كورناى، 1606-1684 م.

Languages

French (10,755)
English (1,512)
Undetermined (845)
German (612)
Dutch (251)
Italian (204)
Spanish (79)
Latin (33)
Polish (27)
Multiple languages (25)
Russian (22)
Czech (21)
Danish (18)
Japanese (16)
Chinese (13)
Slovenian (11)
Arabic (10)
No Linguistic content (10)
Portuguese (9)
Swedish (9)
Hungarian (7)
Turkish (6)
Armenian (4)
Romanian (4)
Khmer (3)
Vietnamese (3)
Greek, Modern (3)
Catalan (3)
Raeto-Romance (2)
(2)
French, Middle (2)
Lithuanian (2)
Hebrew (2)
Maltese (2)
Artificial (1)
Occitan (1)
Ukrainian (1)
Ijo (1)
Otomian languages (1)
Turkish, Ottoman (1)
Persian (1)
Norwegian (1)
Korean (1)
Finnish (1)
Irish (1)
Esperanto (1)
Serbian (1)
Slovak (1)

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Covers

The Cid ; Cinna ; The theatrical illusion