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Definition of Pierre Corneille
1. Noun. French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pierre Corneille
Literary usage of Pierre Corneille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogueby Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) by Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) (1884)
"Paris, 1862 II 3198 (In Political Pamphlets, v. 4) 1829 I IOO Contents.—vi Notice
biographique sur Pierre Corneille; Généalogie de Pierre Corneille Table ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"When reproached for his carelessness in cultivating the graces of society, he
would reply, "Je suis toujours Pierre Corneille. ..."
3. The World's Progress: With Illustrative Texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian by Delphian Society, Ida Ethelwyn Wing (1911)
"CREATOR of the French Drama is the noble title awarded, to Pierre Corneille, of
Normandy. In chronological justness, this title should be bestowed upon ..."
4. A History of Aesthetic by Bernard Bosanquet (1904)
"This reaction, initiated by Malherbe, reached its first culmination in the later
plays, and in the dramatic theory, of Pierre Corneille (1606-1684). ..."
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