Açıklama
Considered by her contemporaries a playwright “second only to Shakespeare,” Joanna Baillie was one of the most critically acclaimed writers of the Romantic Era. The Plays on the Passions, first published in 1798, stands as her undeniable magnum opus: a multivolume series of tragedies and comedies exploring the overruling passions of the mind.
Orra: A Tragedy in Five Acts, which comes from that series' third volume, is Joanna Baillie’s haunting meditation on fear and madness. It is gothic melodrama par excellence. Set in fourteenth century Switzerland, Baillie's play skillfully intertwines psychological horror with early feminist thought. Orra, in love with Theobald, is exiled to a haunted castle in the Black Forest after rejecting a marriage proposal from her ward's son. She is further threatened by the nefarious machinations of Rudigere, a pathologically jealous knight whose desire for Orra verges on obsession. Then there’s the castle itself, a dark and gothic abode that soon bring
Kaynak ve lisans
Bu eser kamu malı ya da açık lisanslı. Lisans koşulları kaynağın kendi sayfasında yazılı.
Nasıl açılır?
Ürünü indirmek ya da uygulama içinde okumak için Shopy 101 uygulamasını kullan. Kitaplığına eklediğin her şey tüm cihazlarında aynı kalır.