Corneille

[ kawr-ney; French kawr-ne-yuh ]

noun

1. Pierre [pee-, air, pye, r], 1606–84, French dramatist and poet.

Corneille

/ kɔrnɛj /

noun

1. CorneillePierre16061684MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatist Pierre (pjɛr). 1606–84, French tragic dramatist often regarded as the founder of French classical drama. His plays include Médée (1635), Le Cid (1636), Horace (1640), and Polyeucte (1642)

Example Sentences

The tragedies of Corneille and Racine are forcible and finished, and should be read because classical.

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Corneille cannot be equalled where he is excellent; he shows then original and inimitable characteristics, but he is unequal.

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Among the many monuments are memorials of Corneille and Diderot, both of whom are buried here.

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He knew by heart a meanly written Roman History, and no passage in Corneille could hold an invincible word.

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Talma moved the people to enthusiasm when he played the “Horatii” of Corneille in the classic cothurnus.

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