Phaedra - Couverture souple

Racine, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822208903 ISBN 13 : 9780822208907

Editeur : Dramatist's Play Service, 1986

Synopsis

Book by Jean Racine translated into English verse by Richa

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Polyeucte, Neoclassical verse tragedy in five acts by Pierre Corneille, produced about 1641–42 and published in 1643. It is known in English as Polyeuctes. With Le Cid, Horace, and Cinna, Polyeucte forms Corneille’s classical tetralogy. The title character is a recent Christian convert who would rather die a martyr than renounce his new faith. His wife, Pauline, pleads with him, and the Roman soldier Severus attempts to save him, both to no avail. After Polyeucte’s execution, Pauline and her father (who executed Polyeucte) are moved by his example to become Christians. The play is often called Corneille’s finest tragedy. Using flexible alexandrine verse, Corneille sets up an elegant, symmetrical argument between two opposing forces: the world of the flesh, represented by the Roman Empire, and the spiritual world that so attracts Polyeucte.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Phaedra is consumed with passion for Hippolytus, her stepson. Believing her husband dead, she confesses her love to him and is rebuffed. When her husband returns alive, Phaedra convinces him that it was Hippolytus who attempted to seduce her. In his interpretation, Racine replaced the stylized tragedy with human-scale characters and actions. Introduction by Richard Wilbur.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dramatist's Play Service
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822208903
• ISBN 13: 9780822208907
• Reliure: Broché
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• Personne responsable: non disponible