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The complete plays of Jean Racine. Volume 5, Britannicus
Britannicus. English
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This is the fifth volume of a projected translation into English of all twelve of Jean Racine's plays. Geoffrey Alan Argent's translations faithfully convey all the urgency and keen psychological i...
This is the fifth volume of a projected translation into English of all twelve of Jean Racine's plays. Geoffrey Alan Argent's translations faithfully convey all the urgency and keen psychological insight of Racine's dramas, and the coiled strength of his verse, while breathing new vigor into the time-honored form of the "heroic" couplet.
Details
- Creator
- translated into English rhymed couplets with critical notes and commentary by Geoffrey Alan Argent
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, 230 pages))
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- ISBNs
- 9780271065311, 0271065311, 9780271065335, 0271065338, 9780271064062, 0271064064, 0271064064, 9780271064062
- OCLC
- ocn891688213
- Translation of Britannicus.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230).
- Translator's note -- Britannicus : discussion -- Racine's dedication -- Racine's first preface -- Racine's second preface -- Britannicus -- Britannicus : notes and commentary -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography
Subjects
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 -- Translations into English.
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Children's Subject Heading
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 -- Translations into English.
Children's Subject Heading
- Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 -- Drama.