Jean Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as ''Phèdre'', ''Andromaque'', and ''Athalie''. He did write one comedy, ''Les Plaideurs'', and a muted tragedy, ''Esther'' for the young.Racine's plays displayed his mastery of the dodecasyllabic (12 syllable) French alexandrine. His writing is renowned for its elegance, purity, speed, and fury, and for what American poet Robert Lowell described as a "diamond-edge", and the "glory of its hard, electric rage". Racine's dramaturgy is marked by his psychological insight, the prevailing passion of his characters, and the nakedness of both plot and stage. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Racine, Jean
Published 1726
Published 1726
printed for J. Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincolns-Inn Fields
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by Racine, Jean
Published 1715
Published 1715
printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand
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by Racine, Jean
Published 1776
Published 1776
printed for and sold by T. Bell, No. 26, Bell Yard, Temple-Bar, and G. Burnet, Strand
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by Racine, Jean
Published 1746
Published 1746
printed for J. Watts: and sold by W. Reeve at Shakespear's Head, Sergeant's-Inn-Gate in Fleetstreet
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by Racine, Jean
Published 1785
Published 1785
printed and sold by T. Wilkins, No 45, Cow-Lane, Snow-Hill. Sold also by J. Bew, No 28. Paternoster-Row, and J. Stockdale, Piccadilly
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by Racine, Jean
Published 1723
Published 1723
printed for E. Symon, at the Corner of Pope's-Head Alley in Cornhill; J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane; and A. Dodd, at the Peacock, without Temple-Bar
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by Racine, Jean
Published 1714
Published 1714
printed for James Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard; William Taylor at the Ship; J. Baker at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row; and W. Lewis in Great-Russel-Street, Covent-Garden
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by Racine, Jean
Published 1799
Published 1799
chez L. L'Homme, No 93, New-Bond Street; A. Dulau et Co. No 107, Wardour Street
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by Otway, Thomas
Published 1701
Other Authors:
“...Racine, Jean...”Published 1701
Printed for M. Tonson, and are to be sold by Tho. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, over-against St. James's Square
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by Otway, Thomas
Published 1771
Other Authors:
“...Racine, Jean...”Published 1771
Printed for T. Davis, S. Bladon, B. White, J. Robson, T. Becket, and W. Nicoll