Phaedra : tragedy in five acts, 1677

Author(s)

• Racine, Jean
• Wilbur, Richard
• Tulipanov, Igor

Bibliographic Information

Phaedra : tragedy in five acts, 1677

Jean Racine ; translated into English verse and introduced by Richard Wilbur ; drawings by Igor Tulipanov

Harcourt, 1987, c1986

• : pbk

Other Title

Phèdre

Note

"A Harvest book"

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB01640789
• ISBN:
  • 9780156757805
• LCCN: 86000413
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Orlando, Fla.
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 105 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PQ1898
  • DC19 : 842/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Phaedra (Greek mythology) -- Drama
  • FREE : Tragedies. gsafd