The Chief Rivals of Corneille and Racine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780826510471)

Here are blank verse translations of ten of the best tragedies by French dramatists contemporary with Corneille and Racine, and two by the most noted successors. No great dramatist can be properly understood and appreciated without some knowledge of the lesser playwrights surrounding him. The fact has long been realized as regards to Shakespeare; but the lesser figures of the great age of French drama--men comparable to such Elizabethans as Middleton and Fletcher and Massinger--have been generally neglected. This book makes a selection of their best works available to English readers. French students who do not have access to the frequently rare French texts of these plays will find it valuable.

No play by any of these dramatists, except Voltaire, has ever before been translated into English. The faithfulness and literary qualities of Dr. Lockert's translations are avouched by his two previous volumes in this field, The Chief Plays of Corneille and The Best Plays of Racine.

Author: Lacy Lockert
ISBN-10: 0826510477
ISBN-13: 9780826510471
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1956
Pages: 605
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.91w x 1.74d