Phaedra: The Classic Greek Tragedy of Forbidden Passion – A 17th-Century French Masterpiece - Softcover

Racine, Jean

 
9780156757805: Phaedra: The Classic Greek Tragedy of Forbidden Passion – A 17th-Century French Masterpiece

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Phaedra is consumed with passion for Hippolytus, her stepson. Believing her husband dead, she confesses her love to him and is rebuffed. When her husband returns alive, Phaedra convinces him that it was Hippolytus who attempted to seduce her. In his interpretation, Racine replaced the stylized tragedy with human-scale characters and actions. Introduction by Richard Wilbur.

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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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