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Iphigenia, Phaedra, Athaliah (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Racine, Jean

 
9780140441222: Iphigenia, Phaedra, Athaliah (Penguin Classics)
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ISBN 10: 0140441220 ISBN 13: 9780140441222
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639-99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a princess's absolute submission to her father's will, despite his determination to sacrifice her to gain divine favour before going to war. Described by Voltaire as 'the masterpiece of the human mind', Phaedra shows a woman's struggle to overcome her overwhelming passion for her stepson - an obsession that brings destruction to a noble family. And Athaliah portrays a ruthless pagan queen, who defies Jehovah in her desperate attempt to keep the throne of Jerusalem from its legitimate heir.

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Jean Racine was born in 1639 at La Ferté Milon, sixty miles east of Paris. In 1677, when he had ten plays to his credit and was high in favor with both the court and the public, he abandoned the theatre, which was regarded as far from respectable by the Church, and joined the Establishment as Royal Historiographer. It was only after a silence of twelve years that he wrote his last two plays (both on religious subjects), Esther and Athaliah. He died in 1699.


John Cairncross also translated The Cid; Cinna ; The Theatrical Illusion (0140443126) for Penguin Classics.

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0140441220
ISBN 13 
9780140441222
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