Racineâs 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.
Racineâs 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.
Translated into English rhyming verse, with introductions, by Lacy Lockert, the four plays included in this volume are Berenice, Bajazet, Mithridate, and Iphigenie . They are significant for their inherent excellence, and for what they reveal about the...
Translated into English rhyming verse, with introductions, by Lacy Lockert, the four plays included in this volume are Berenice, Bajazet, Mithridate, and Iphigenie . They are significant for their inherent excellence, and for what they reveal about the...
Jean Racine is the greatest tragedian of the French seventeenth century, using its strict rules and conventions to tell stories of overwhelming passion and cruelty.
Fin dune guerre où lon crie malheur aux vaincus. Prise dotages. Chantage sur un enfant. Complot. Manipulation. Passions trahies et noyées dans le sang. Fanatisme. Folie. Bain de sang final. Des horreurs daujourd...
This is the first volume of a planned translation into English of all twelve of Jean Racine's plays-a project undertaken only three times in the three hundred years since Racine's death. For this new translation, Geoffrey Alan Argent has taken...