Three Plays of Racine: Phaedra, Andromache, and Britannicus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226150772)

"George Dillon has elected for speed and clarity; his speed, of which short quotations can impart no notion, is his equivalent for Racine's impetuous dexterity with the French Alexandrine. . . . Momentum, in such a version, is everything. It stands as a homage to Racine's strength of construction . . . and to the expressive power of his themes, on which Mr. Dillon's prefaces have eloquent and sensible things to say."--Hugh Kenner, National Review

"His literal and flexible blank verse actually forms the nearest thing in English to the longer-measured rhymed couplets of Racine; even an ordinary reading aloud of so faithful a rendering provides something of the experience that Proust described."--Elliott Coleman, Poetry

"A superb introduction . . . flawless translations, infused with poetic fire and charm."--Margaret Carpenter, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Author: Jean Baptiste Racine
ISBN-10: 0226150771
ISBN-13: 9780226150772
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/1961
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.31w x 0.50d