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Jean-Baptiste Racine (/ r æ ˈ s iː n / rass-EEN, US also / r ə ˈ s iː n / rə-SEEN) (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʁasin]; 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 ...
Jean Racine was a French dramatic poet and historiographer renowned for his mastery of French classical tragedy. His reputation rests on the plays he wrote between 1664 and 1691, notably Andromaque (first performed 1667, published 1668), Britannicus (first performed 1669, published 1670), Bérénice.
From his base in the Hôtel de Luynes, Racine ventured into the brilliant, sophisticated world of Louis XIV’s France. He became a boon companion of the ecclesiastical amorist, the Abbé le ...
Racine, Jean. Jean Racine, copperplate engraving, probably 19th century. French classical tragedy pivots on two basic subjects: passion and politics.
Jean Racine, (baptized Dec. 22, 1639, La Ferté-Milon, France—died April 21, 1699, Paris), French playwright. Orphaned at an early age, he was educated in a Jansenist convent, and he chose drama in defiance of his upbringing. His first play was produced by Molière in 1664.
The rival of Pierre Corneille for the title of the greatest French tragic dramatist, Jean Racine infused the high style of neoclassicism with the tension of human passion. 17th-century metaphysics...
Essays and criticism on Jean Racine, including the works Andromache, Phaedra - Magill's Survey of World Literature.
