Phaedra, by Racine by Wilbur, Richard

Phaedra, by Racine

A brilliant translation of one of the most influential works of French theater, Phaedra is rendered into...
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Author: Richard Wilbur
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Phaedra, by Racine by Wilbur, Richard

Phaedra, by Racine

€25,10

Phaedra, by Racine

€25,10
Author: Richard Wilbur
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A brilliant translation of one of the most influential works of French theater, Phaedra is rendered into movingly expressive verse by the Pulitzer Prize-winning translator Richard Wilbur.

Jean Racine's last and greatest tragedy is based on a legend that has intrigued dramatists as far back as Euripides and Seneca. Phaedra, the second wife of Theseus, the heroic king of Athens, is consumed with an illicit passion for Hippolytus, her stepson.

Given word that her husband is dead, she confesses her love for Hippolytus and is rebuffed. When Theseus turns out to be alive after all, Phaedra connives in a lie to convince her husband that it was Hippolytus who attempted to seduce her. The stage is set for fury and grief, guilt and remorse.

In his seventeenth-century interpretation, Racine replaced the ornate, stylized tragedy based on classic Greek form with human-scale characters and actions convincingly motivated by human emotions. Acclaimed translator Richard Wilbur describes in his lucid, informed introduction the method by which he remained faithful to Racine's form and intention. The result is a triumph of translation, poetry, and theater.

Author: Richard Wilbur
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 04/25/2024
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.32w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780156757805

About the Author
Wilbur, Richard: -

RICHARD WILBUR, one of America's most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Arts Club medal of honor for literature, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two awards from PEN.

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