Britannicus and Phèdre
Author : Jean Racine
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 1964
Category : French drama
ISBN :
Author : Jean Racine
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 1964
Category : French drama
ISBN :
Author : Jean Racine
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 1961-09-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780226150772
Describes the planning, building, and use of canals in nineteenth-century America and their impact on the history, economy, and westward expansion of the United States.
Author : Jean Racine
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,90 MB
Release : 1898
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Author : Jean Racine
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,33 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780192838278
Jean Racine (1639-99) remains to this day the greatest of French poetic dramatists. Racine's tragedies portray characters wrestling with ambition, treachery, religion, and love.
Author : Paul Hammond
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,58 MB
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004467378
Are we free agents? This perennial question is addressed by tragedy when it dramatizes the struggle of individuals with supernatural forces, or maps the inner conflict of a mind divided against itself. The first part of this book follows the adaptations of four myths as they migrate from classical Greek tragedy to Seneca and on to seventeenth-century France: the stories of Agamemnon, Oedipus, Medea, and Phaedra. Detailed linguistic analysis charts the playwrights’ contrasting assumptions about agency and autonomy. In the second part, six plays by Corneille and Racine are discussed to show how the problem of agency and free will is explored in scenarios which show protagonists who are in thrall to their past, to their rulers, or to their own ideals.
Author : Jean Racine
Publisher : Digireads.Com
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 23,78 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781420948967
The 17th century dramatist Jean Racine was considered, along with Moliere and Corneille, as one of the three great playwrights of his era. The quality of Racine's poetry has been described as possibly his most important contribution to French literature and his use of the alexandrine poetic line is one of the best examples of such use noted for its harmony, simplicity and elegance. While critics over the centuries have debated the worth of Jean Racine, at present, he is widely considered a literary genius of revolutionary proportions. In this volume of Racine's plays we find "Britannicus," the fifth of twelve plays by the author. "Britannicus" is the first work by the author to draw upon Roman History for its subject matter. The story concerns Britannicus, the son of the Roman emperor Claudius, and would be heir to the imperial throne. Britannicus's rule would be usurped however by Nero who has desires for Britannicus's fiancee Junia as well. The struggle for power and love are at odds in this play. Considered one of Racine's best works, "Britannicus" is still widely studied by young dramatists.
Author : Racine
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 29,85 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732673286
Reproduction of the original: Athaliah by Racine
Author : Jean Racine
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,30 MB
Release : 1934
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Author : Jean Racine
Publisher : Editions Gallimard
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 26,22 MB
Release : 1995
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Author : Jean Racine
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,78 MB
Release : 2017-03-21
Category :
ISBN : 9780691623795
Racine's masterpieces--Andromaque, Britannicus, Phedre, and Athalie--are translated into English verse. The introduction and notes by Mr. Lockert guide the reader to a greater understanding of the plays. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.