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- French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)
How To Use Pierre Corneille In A Sentence
- Not with greater pride could the author of the Cid have said , I am Pierre Corneille.
- Cornelian dilemma: The creation of equilibrium warp in a clash of affective and authoritative warps is so conventional as to have acquired a name, the Cornelian dilemma, from the torturae of Rodrigue in Pierre Corneille’s play Le Cid, born in the choice between rupturae (the failure to avenge his father) and monstrum (the loss of his love Chimène.) Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality
- The medallion of Pierre Corneille is sculptured on the entablature which is supported by these columns, and on each side of the medallion, we perceive Melpomene with a dagger, and Thalia with a mask. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers
