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Three Plays of Racine: Phaedra, Andromache, and Britannicus
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Series: Phoenix Books
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ISBN10: 0226150771
ISBN13: 9780226150772
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Sep 15 1961
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.31 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780226150772
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Sep 15 1961
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.31 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
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
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