Three Plays of Racine
Phaedra, Andromache, And Britannicus
- Editore:
University of Chicago Press
- Collana:
- Phoenix Books
- Traduttore:
- Dillon, G.
- EAN:
9780226150772
- ISBN:
0226150771
- Pagine:
- 199
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Three Plays of Racine
"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
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"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"