Corneille
Noun
Meaning
French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)
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Corneille Van Clève (1681) represents a seated Polyphemus in his sculpture, except that in his version it is pipes that the giant holds in his lowered hand.
Attitudes shifted, however, as Racine began to eclipse Corneille.
However, the Cardinal's demands were too restrictive for Corneille, who attempted to innovate outside the boundaries defined by Richelieu.
By the second edition, published ten years later, Voltaire had come to a more negative assessment of Corneille and a stronger view on the need for objective criticism.
In 1652, the play Pertharite met with poor critical reviews and a disheartened Corneille decided to quit the theatre.
In 1674, the highly respected poet and critic Boileau published his Art Poétique which deemed Racine's model of tragedy superior to that of Corneille.