Tragique familial et effet de série : de La Mariane à La Mort des enfants d’Hérode
Is La Mort des enfants d’Hérode (1639) truly a sequel to Tristan’s La Mariane (1637) ? It seems La Calprenède is right when he suggests that both tragedies should not be read separately. In both plays, Herod is indeed a paradoxical figure, who acts as a tyrant as well as a courageous and clever sove...
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| description | Is La Mort des enfants d’Hérode (1639) truly a sequel to Tristan’s La Mariane (1637) ? It seems La Calprenède is right when he suggests that both tragedies should not be read separately. In both plays, Herod is indeed a paradoxical figure, who acts as a tyrant as well as a courageous and clever sovereign; and he is also quick to be moved when confronted to a woman’s tears. Without La Mariane, La Calprenède’s Herod would not exist. But one should not consider La Mort des enfants d’Hérode only as another Mariane: its tragical dimension is quite singular. La Calprenède’s Herod has indeed improved since he sentenced his wife to death; nevertheless, he falls back into his old ways when he sends his legitimate sons, Alexandre and Aristobule, to the scaffold because he trusts his bastard son, Antipatre. He thus yields to a melancholy state that leads him to a symbolical suicide, as occurs in La Mariane. Considering all this, we examine how, in La Mort des enfants d’Hérode, La Calprenède manages to create a retrospective common authorship with his famous predecessor. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5d02476ce7ea401bbf5785ce14343b1d2025-08-20T02:32:52ZengInstitut du Monde AnglophoneEtudes Epistémè1634-04502024-11-014510.4000/12v7fTragique familial et effet de série : de La Mariane à La Mort des enfants d’HérodeCaroline LabruneIs La Mort des enfants d’Hérode (1639) truly a sequel to Tristan’s La Mariane (1637) ? It seems La Calprenède is right when he suggests that both tragedies should not be read separately. In both plays, Herod is indeed a paradoxical figure, who acts as a tyrant as well as a courageous and clever sovereign; and he is also quick to be moved when confronted to a woman’s tears. Without La Mariane, La Calprenède’s Herod would not exist. But one should not consider La Mort des enfants d’Hérode only as another Mariane: its tragical dimension is quite singular. La Calprenède’s Herod has indeed improved since he sentenced his wife to death; nevertheless, he falls back into his old ways when he sends his legitimate sons, Alexandre and Aristobule, to the scaffold because he trusts his bastard son, Antipatre. He thus yields to a melancholy state that leads him to a symbolical suicide, as occurs in La Mariane. Considering all this, we examine how, in La Mort des enfants d’Hérode, La Calprenède manages to create a retrospective common authorship with his famous predecessor.https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/18182melancholyauthorshiptragedyTristan L’HermiteLa CalprenèdeHerod |
| spellingShingle | Caroline Labrune Tragique familial et effet de série : de La Mariane à La Mort des enfants d’Hérode Etudes Epistémè melancholy authorship tragedy Tristan L’Hermite La Calprenède Herod |
| title | Tragique familial et effet de série : de La Mariane à La Mort des enfants d’Hérode |
| title_full | Tragique familial et effet de série : de La Mariane à La Mort des enfants d’Hérode |
| title_fullStr | Tragique familial et effet de série : de La Mariane à La Mort des enfants d’Hérode |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tragique familial et effet de série : de La Mariane à La Mort des enfants d’Hérode |
| title_short | Tragique familial et effet de série : de La Mariane à La Mort des enfants d’Hérode |
| title_sort | tragique familial et effet de serie de la mariane a la mort des enfants d herode |
| topic | melancholy authorship tragedy Tristan L’Hermite La Calprenède Herod |
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