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Andromaque (French Text).
by Racine
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 2858780498
- ISBN 13
- 9782858780495
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Paris, France Comedie-Francaise, 1981. Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: the spine leans slightly and there is some faint sunning to the top edges of the panels and the backstrip (the titles on the backstrip and front panel remain bright, bold and clearly legible. The binding remains secure; the text is clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Narrow 8vo. 117pp. Collection du Repertoire No. 43. Paperback. Jean-Baptiste Racine (16391699), was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France (along with Molière and Corneille), and an important literary figure in the Western tradition. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie, although he did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young. Racine's plays displayed his mastery of the dodecasyllabic alexandrine; he is renowned for elegance, purity, speed, and fury, and for what Robert Lowell described as a "diamond-edge", and the "glory of its hard, electric rage". The linguistic effects of Racine's poetry are widely considered to be untranslatable, although many eminent poets have attempted to do so, including Lowell, Ted Hughes, and Derek Mahon into English, and Schiller into German. The latest attempt to translate Racine's plays into English earned a 2011 American Book Award for the poet Geoffrey Argent. Racine's dramaturgy is marked by his psychological insight, the prevailing passion of his characters, and the nakedness of both the plot and stage. Andromaque is a tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse. It was first performed on 17 November 1667 before the court of Louis XIV in the Louvre in the private chambers of the Queen, Marie Thérèse, by the royal company of actors, called "les Grands Comédiens", with Thérèse Du Parc in the title role. The company gave the first public performance two days later in the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Andromaque, the third of Racine's plays, written at the age of 27, established its author's reputation as one of the great playwrights in France.
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- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 44436
- Title
- Andromaque (French Text).
- Author
- Racine
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 2858780498
- ISBN 13
- 9782858780495
- Publisher
- Comedie-Francaise,
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1981.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theater and Drama; Drama; Performing Arts: Theatre and Drama; Performing Arts;
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