... 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 "classical unities": Unity of Time, ... driving force behind its acceptance, but even the great Victor Hugo had his influences. Years before Hugo shocked France with Hernani, other French authors had attempted to free theatr...

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