Four French Plays: Cinna, The Misanthrope, Andromache, Phaedra (Penguin Classics)

作者 Jean Racine著Pierre Corneille著
出版社 Penguin Classics
出版时间 2013年11月
ISBN 9780141392080
定价 136.90

内容简介

FourofthegreatestFrenchplays,innewtranslationsHerearefourplaysthatcontinuetodefineFrenchtheateroverthreecenturiesaftertheywerewritten.Corneille’sCinna(1641)exploresabsolutepowerinancientRome.Molière’scomedyTheMisanthrope(1666)seesitsantiherorejectsocietyforitshypocrisy.Racine’sAndromache(1667)recountsthetragedyofHector’swidowaftertheTrojanWar,andhisPhaedra(1677)showsamothercrossingtheboundariesoflovewithherstepson.Thiseditionfeaturesnewversetranslationsundertakenwithperformanceinmind,andawealthofsupplementarymaterialsforstudentsandactors.

作者简介

PierreCorneille(1606–1684),oftenhailedasthefatherofFrenchtragedy,madehisnamewiththetragicomedyLeCidin1637.Hisbest-knownworksincludeHoraceandCinna.JeanRacine(1639–1699)becameknownasoneoftheseventeenthcentury’sleadingplaywrightswiththeneoclassicaltragediesAndromaque,Britannicus,andPhèdre.

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