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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Geoffrey BreretonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.721kg ISBN: 9781032253176ISBN 10: 1032253177 Pages: 386 Publication Date: 02 May 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPrincipal Dates, Introduction, Part I: The Varied Prospect, 1. Boyhood and Port-Royal, 2. Paris and the Vitarts, 3. Uzès, Part II: Through the Jungle, 4. The Theatre in 1663, 5. Racine’s Debut: La Thébaïde and Alexandre, 6. The Break with Port-Royal, 7. Andromaque, 8. Life and Death of the Du Parc. Les Plaideurs, 9. The Challenge of Corneille, 10. The Assault on Corneille: Britannicus, 11. The Defeat of Corneille: Bérénice, 12. Patrons, Friends and Lovers, 13. A Turkish Interlude: Bajazet, 14. The Fruits of Success. Mithridate, Iphigénie, 15. The Quarrel of Phèdre, 16. Phèdre, Part III: The Promised Land, 17. Towards Security, 18. The Dramatist Re-born: Esther and Athalie, 19. The Eternal Theatre, 20. The Bourgeois Years: Family and Religion, 21. The Last Phase, 22. The Originality of Racine, Appendix: La Voisin’s Testimony, Notes, Bibliographical Note, IndexReviewsReview for the 1973 edition: ‘Geoffrey Brereton’s critical biography is a book that not only lights up the whole stage-surround of Racine’s life but explores, with an intelligence and sensitivity that matches the subject, the poet’s disturbing and sometimes sinister temperament.’ John Raymond in The New Statesman Author InformationGeoffrey Brereton Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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