Three Plays of Racine Phaedra, Andromache, and Britannicus

"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 "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

ISBN:	9780226150772
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Imprint:	The University of Chicago Press
Published date:	15 Sep 1961
Language:	English
Number of pages:	212
Weight:	252g
Height:	136mm
Width:	202mm
Spine width:	15mm

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