Jean Racine (1639-99) remains to this day the greatest of French poetic dramatists. Britannicus (1669), the first play in this volume, takes its themes from Roman history: the setting is the bloody and treacherous court of the Emperor Nero. Phaedra (1677) dramatizes the Greek myth of Phaedra's doomed love for her stepson Hippolytus. Athaliah (1691), Racine's last and perhaps finest play, draws on the Old Testament story of Athaliah, Queen of Judah and worshipper of Baal, who is threatened and finally forced to concede victory to Joash, a son of the house of David and survivor of Athaliah's massacres. Racine's tragedies portray characters wrestling with ambition, treachery, religion, and love. In this translation, specially commissioned for The World's Classics series, C.H. Sisson has captured the lucidity of Racine's language, both analytic and passionate, and the rhythm of his four-part Alexandrine.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF / NF. 1st Printing of the 1987 World's Classics hard cover1st Edition thus, translated, with introduction and notes, by C. H. Sisson. Book is straight, square, securely bound and free of markings and blemishes. Cover and unclipped Dust Jacket (still showing original GBP £15 price) are clean and bright, with sharp corners and joints, straight heads, tails, spine / backstrip, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and artwork. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0192510371. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos. Codice articolo 004050
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Book and jacket (in mylar) in FINE unblemished condition. Three plays recommended by Harold Bloom in The Western Canon. Codice articolo 001100
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