Andreas Friz's Letter on Tragedies (ca. 1741-1744) : An Eighteenth-Century Jesuit Contribution to Theatre Poetics.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Andreas Friz, Letter on tragedies -- Introduction. Jesuit Theatre, Poetics and Andreas Friz -- The History of Theatre in Jesuit Schools -- The Relevance of Jesuit Theatre in the Eighteenth Century -- Developments and Innovations in the Eighteenth Century -- Andreas Friz: Life, Work and Historical Context -- Structure and Content of ms 938 and the Epistola de Tragaediis -- Friz's Place in the Literary Tradition -- Commonplace Conceptions in Jesuit Poetics -- French and Italian Classicism in Jesuit Poetics -- Eighteenth-Century Jesuit Poetics -- Description of the Manuscript and Edition Principles -- Description of the Manuscript -- Edition Principles -- Appendix. Analysis tragaediarum Racini -- Introduction to Friz's Analyses of Racine's Plays -- Latin Text -- Bibliography -- Index of Personal Names.

In Andreas Friz's Letter on tragedies Nienke Tjoelker presents an edition with translation and extensive introduction of Andreas Friz' Epistola de tragediis (ca. 1741-1744), an eighteenth century Jesuit theatre poetics.

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