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Phedre : Racine's Phèdre / Robert Lowell

By:

Lowell, Robert, (, 1917-1977)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Faber & Faber , c1961Description: 90 p. ; 23 cmSubject(s):

Phaedra (Greek mythological character) -- -Drama

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

842 RAC

Summary: Everything about Phèdre was masterly: the tragic construction, the deeply observed characters, the richness of the verse. Voltaire called it "the masterpiece of the human mind." Contrary to Euripides, Racine has Phèdre dying on stage at the end of the play; she thus has had time to learn of the death of Hippolyte. The character of Phèdre is one of the most remarkable in Racine's tragic oeuvre.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	842 RAC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		017682

Everything about Phèdre was masterly: the tragic construction, the deeply observed characters, the richness of the verse. Voltaire called it "the masterpiece of the human mind." Contrary to Euripides, Racine has Phèdre dying on stage at the end of the play; she thus has had time to learn of the death of Hippolyte. The character of Phèdre is one of the most remarkable in Racine's tragic oeuvre.

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