Phèdre

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140445916
Total Pages : 196 pages
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Book Synopsis Phèdre by : Jean Racine

Download or read book Phèdre written by Jean Racine and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992-03-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racine’s play Phèdre—which draws on Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus—is the supreme achievement of French neoclassic theater. In her amusing foreword, Margaret Rawlings explains how this particular translation—made specifically from the actor’s point-of-view—evolved from the 1957 Campbell Allen production. Containing both the French and English texts on facing pages, as well as Racine’s own preface and notes on his contemporary and classical references, this edition of Phèdre is a favorite among modern readers and is of special value to students, amateur companies, and repertory theaters alike. Translated and with a foreword by Margaret Rawlings.

Best Plays of Racine

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ISBN 13 : 9780691623795
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Best Plays of Racine written by Jean Racine and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Litigants

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
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Download or read book The Litigants written by Jean Racine and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Phaedra

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Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781356633944
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Phaedra written by Jean Racine and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Tragic Agency in Classical Drama from Aeschylus to Voltaire

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004467378
Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book Tragic Agency in Classical Drama from Aeschylus to Voltaire written by Paul Hammond and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Hippolytos

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Total Pages : 146 pages
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Book Synopsis Hippolytos by : Euripides

Download or read book Hippolytos written by Euripides and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Madame Bovary

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 014310649X
Total Pages : 385 pages
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Download or read book Madame Bovary written by Gustave Flaubert and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning, nationally bestselling translation, by Lydia Davis, of one of the world’s most celebrated novels “The best English version by far, because its deadpan reminds us that the book is both a great realist novel and a satire of realism.” —Merve Emre, The New Yorker Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, she spends lavishly on clothes and on her home and embarks on two disappointing affairs in an effort to make her life everything she believes it should be. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, she takes drastic action, with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter. In this landmark new translation of Gustave Flaubert's masterwork, award-winning writer and translator Lydia Davis honors the nuances and particulars of Flaubert's legendary prose style, giving new life in English to the book that redefined the novel as an art form. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014139224X
Total Pages : 640 pages
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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore written by John Ford and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark and ambiguous new directions. In The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil, John Webster explores the role of women and the problems of power, sex and corruption in the Italian court, creating two unforgettable anti-heroines. In The Broken Heart, John Ford questions the value of emotional repression as his characters attempt to subdue their desires and hatreds in ancient Greece. Finally, Ford's masterpiece 'Tis Pity She's a Whore explores the taboo theme of incest and forbidden lust in a daring reworking of Romeo and Juliet. Jane Kingsley-Smith has edited the plays from the earliest quartos and added invaluable editorial material, including explanatory glosses and a new introduction that discusses how the playwrights explored issues around women, sex, power and violence. JOHN WEBSTER was born in about 1578 in London. He studied law at the Middle Temple before embarking on a career in the theatre, collaborating on many plays with contemporary dramatists. But it was his two solo-authored tragedies, The White Devil (1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (1614), which sealed his reputation. He died in the 1630s. JOHN FORD was born in 1586 in Devon. His early career was wholly concerned with poetry and philosophical works, and it was not until the 1620s that he began collaborating on stage plays. In the late 1620s, he began writing alone, producing the eight plays on which his reputation would be based, including The Broken Heart (1620) and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (c.1630). Nothing more is known of Ford after the performance of his last play in 1638. JANE KINGSLEY-SMITH completed her PhD at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and is the author of two monographs: Shakespeare's Drama of Exile (2003) and Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture (2010). She is a Reader at Roehampton University, London, and a regular guest speaker at Shakespeare's Globe.

Alexander the Great

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Publisher : Digireads.Com
ISBN 13 : 9781420948868
Total Pages : 42 pages
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Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Jean Racine and published by Digireads.Com. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 "Alexander the Great," the second of twelve plays by the author. As you would expect the drama concerns its titular character and his love for the Indian princess Cleofile. Based largely on the histories of Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus, Alexander finds his pursuit of love of the Indian princess complicated by intrigues between her brother Taxilus and his ally Porus.

Seneca's Phaedra

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Publisher : Francis Cairns Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
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Book Synopsis Seneca's Phaedra by : Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Download or read book Seneca's Phaedra written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by Francis Cairns Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Britannicus

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
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Download or read book Britannicus written by Jean Racine and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Racine: Phèdre

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Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
ISBN 13 : 9781853994593
Total Pages : 170 pages
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Download or read book Racine: Phèdre written by Jean Racine and published by Bristol Classical Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical edition of Racine's "Phèdre". The introduction examines the central facets of the play's enduring capacity to move and disturb its audience and readers, and includes a survey of 20th century productions. There is a section on versification and language, and a glossary is included.

The Thebaid

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ISBN 13 : 9781420949117
Total Pages : 42 pages
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Download or read book The Thebaid written by Jean Racine and published by Digireads.Com. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 "The Thebaid," the first of twelve plays by the author. Racine draws upon Sophocles' "Antigone" and Euripides' "Phoenician Women" for this drama. The play concerns the struggle and death of the young son of Oedipus, as well as that of Antigone. The plot follows that of the other Theban plays in which we find Eteocles and Polynices, two warring brothers, Jocasta, their mother, Antigone, their sister, and Menoeceus and Haemon, their two cousins. All attempt unsuccessfully to quell the conflict between these two brothers in this tragic drama.

Phaedra Britannica

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Publisher : David Philip Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
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Download or read book Phaedra Britannica written by Tony Harrison and published by David Philip Publishers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptation of Racine's tragedy, in verse, reset in British India. Memsahib, wife of British Governor, falls in love with stepson.

Racine: Phèdre

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521397216
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Book Synopsis Racine: Phèdre by : Edward D. James

Download or read book Racine: Phèdre written by Edward D. James and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-06 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory study presents Phèdre as an example of the culmination of French classical tragedy--taking into consideration the play's historical, literary and theatrical context, its relationship to other tragedies of Racine, and its influence on later European literature.

Racine: Phèdre

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521393195
Total Pages : 134 pages
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Download or read book Racine: Phèdre written by Edward D. James and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory study presents Phèdre as an example of the culmination of French classical tragedy--taking into consideration the play's historical, literary and theatrical context, its relationship to other tragedies of Racine, and its influence on later European literature.

Windward Heights

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ISBN 13 : 9781569471616
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Windward Heights written by Maryse Condé and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of revenge set in the Caribbean, in which the hero gets back at a rich man who stole his love by impregnating her after she becomes the man's wife. The result is tragedy, the woman dying in childbirth. By the author of Black Witch of Salem.