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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.
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.
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 ...
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...
French dramatist, playwright, dramatic poet and historiographer Jean Racine was born in 1639 in La Ferté-Milon. He has become renowned for his work in French classical tragedy, and although numerous attempts have been made, the excellence of his work is said to be untranslatable.
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Jean Racine (December 22, 1639 – April 21, 1699) was a French poet dramatist, and one of the most important figures in seventeenth-century French literature along with Jean-Baptiste Molière and Pierre Corneille.
Jean Racine Biography. Jean Racine was born in 1639 at La Ferté-Milon, the son of a government official. He was orphaned by the age of three and spent his childhood with his grandparents; his formative educational years were spent at the college of Port-Royal.
