{"product_id":"the-chief-rivals-of-corneille-lacy-lockert-9780826510471","title":"The Chief Rivals of Corneille and Racine","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Chief Plays of Corneille \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best Plays of Racine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lacy Lockert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826510477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826510471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.91w x 1.74d","brand":"Lacy Lockert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44790063005951,"sku":"9780826510471","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa645443-b331-4fa4-a7bb-9af31c16a282.jpg?v=1707287849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chief-rivals-of-corneille-lacy-lockert-9780826510471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}