... the preface to Cromwell is the "culmination of Romantic emancipation from the tenets of the French classic dramaturgy- (76). To fully understand just how revolutionary Hugo's ideas were one must understand the strict theatrical rules held in place the French Classical system. Classicism refers to the aesthetic principles in Aristotle's "Poetics." For theater, this included: the ... the play a riot broke out amongst the two groups; however, Hernani stayed on the stage that night and was performed to completion. In fact, Hernani stayed on the stage for one hundred performances, "but never w...

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