Dr. David Allen White explores the work of Corneille, Racine and Moliere and the French Neoclassical Drama. Seventeenth Century French culture reflects two major spiritual and intellectual themes: those of the Catholic Reformation and those of Renaissance neoclassicism. Can the two be reconciled? Dr. David Allen White explores this question in the literary world through a critical examination of the work of the great men of the Golden Century: Corneille, Racine, and Moli_re. Taken from Regalism, Revolution, the Reign of Terror and the Assault on Catholicism (1648-1799) – 1998 VonHildebrand Institute