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1	Iphigenia,Phaedra,Athaliah more books like this by Jean Racine add to wishlist Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639-99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. "Iphigenia" depicts a princess' absolute submission to her father's will, despite his determination to sacrifice her to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| SVS
2	Racine's Phedre more books like this by Ted Hughes (Translator), Jean Racine add to wishlist Late British Poet Laureate Hughes emphasized the brutality of the characters' passions in his translation of Racine's classic play, replacing the Alexandrines of the original with his characteristic clipped, intense free verse. The play pits a queen with a powerful lust for her stepson--who himself loves a prisoner--against courtesans who try to ... see all copies from $4.21! new only from $99.00!
3	Phædra more books like this by Jean Racine add to wishlist Edited and translated by Oreste F Pucciani, this edition of Phaedra for performance and study is well annotated and features an introduction that includes a plot summary and extensive discussion of how the historical, social, religious, and theatrical conventions of seventeenth-century France contribute to the play. Also included are a list of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Seneca: Phaedra more books like this by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Michael Coffey (Editor), P E Easterling (Editor) add to wishlist Seneca's Phaedra occupies an important and influential position in the tradition of European drama. This new edition concentrates on the dramatic qualities of Phaedra and examines the Greek and Roman background to the play, particularly Seneca's use of Euripides and Ovid, and its philosophical elements grounded in Seneca's Stoicism. The ... see all copies from $31.56! new only from $31.56! \| SVS
5	Phaedra more books like this by Lucius Annaeus Seneca add to wishlist Seneca's Phaedra occupies an important and influential position in the tradition of European drama. This new edition concentrates on the dramatic qualities of Phaedra and examines the Greek and Roman background to the play, particularly Seneca's use of Euripides and Ovid, and its philosophical elements grounded in Seneca's Stoicism. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions
6	Phedre: Dual Language Edition more books like this by Jean Racine, Margaret Rawlings (Translator) add to wishlist The myth of Phaedra is one of the most powerful and haunting in all of classical mythology. As dramatized by the French playwright Jean Racine (1639-1699), the dying queen's obsessive love for her stepson, Hippolytus, and the scrupulously upright Hippolytus's love for the forbidden beauty Aricia has come to be regarded as one of the great stories ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Phaedra: A Novel of Ancient Athens more books like this by June R Brindel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Hippolytus Temporizes & Ion: Adaptations of Two Plays by Euripides more books like this by Hilda H Doolittle, Carol Camper (Introduction by) add to wishlist Brilliant reworkings of Euripides' classic dramas by the great modernist poet now together in one volume for the first time. see all copies from $3.27! new only from $4.98!
9	Racine, Phedre more books like this by Edward James, Gillian Jondorf add to wishlist This introductory study presents Racine's Phedre as the culmination of French classical tragedy. It situates the play in its historical, literary and theatrical context, shows its thematic relationship with other tragedies of Racine, and sketches its influence on later writers in a variety of European languages and its place in the evolution of ... see all copies from $13.06! new only from $17.73! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Noose of Words: Readings of Desire, Violence and Language in Euripides' Hippolytos more books like this by Barbara E Goff add to wishlist This book is a reading of Euripides' Hippolytos central play for the study of Euripides and of Greek tragedy. Dr Goff approaches the play through the techniques of modern literary criticism, including deconstruction and feminism, and is able to shed light on this influential text through her close examination of the language of the play. She ... see all copies from $31.41! new only from $31.41! \| SVS
11	Seneca: Phaedra more books like this by Roland Mayer add to wishlist Phaedra is one of Seneca's most successful tragedies. It was the first ancient drama to be performed in the Renaissance, marking an epoch in European theatre. The myth, as reworked by Seneca on the basis of dramas by Euripides, was endowed with fresh power, and his characterisation of Phaedra, especially in her frank avowal of love to her stepson, ... see all copies from $11.53! new only from $17.34!
12	Phaedra: Tragedy in Five Acts, 1677 more books like this by Jean Baptiste Racine add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $175.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Seneca's Phaedra: Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes more books like this by A J Boyle add to wishlist see all copies from $4.31! new only from $99.00!
14	Hippolytus Temporizes more books like this by Hilda Doolittle add to wishlist H. D. wrote this verse drama in 1927. see all copies from $4.00! signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Nothing Is as It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus more books like this by Hanna M Roisman add to wishlist In this book, Hanna M. Roisman provides a uniquely comprehensive look at Euripides' "Hippolytus". Roisman begins with an examination of the ancient preference for the implict style, and suggests a possible reading of Euripides' first treatment of the myth which would account for the Athenian audience's reservations about his "Hippolytus Veiled". ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $38.28! \| SVS
16 view cover	A.D.: A Trilogy of Plays on the Life of Jesus Christ more books like this by Jean Racine, Edwin Morgan add to wishlist The poet Edwin Morgan has translated this French classic tragedy, with its measured and highly formal rhetoric, into a vigorous, specific idiom: a Glaswegian-based Scots. He considers it at once true to the drama and psychology of Racine's play, but also answers the dramatic needs of modern theatre. His aim is to make the play speak with immediacy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.24!
17	Phedre on Stage more books like this by John D Mitchell, Jean Racine add to wishlist see all copies from $10.95! first editions
18	Phaedra & Iphigenia more books like this by William L. Crain (Translator), Patricia McIlrath (Designer) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.99!
19	Language and Desire in Seneca's Phaedra more books like this by Charles Segal add to wishlist see all copies from $24.95!
20 view cover	The Troubling Play of Gender: The Phaedra Plays of Tsvetaeva, Your-Cenar, and H.D. by Maria Stadter Fox add to wishlist These three authors address the problems of female authority and authorship by reworking the myths of Phaedra, Ariadne, Hippolytus, and Theseus in plays intended for reading rather than performance. By rewriting Greek tragedy they enact their own displacement within a masculine literary tradition and struggle to define themselves as women writers. see all copies from $39.50! new only from $39.50!
21	Racine's Phaedra more books like this by Jean Racine add to wishlist Phaedra is one of Jean Baptiste Racine''s gre at tragedies written in the period 1667 to 1677 when he was at the height of his success ' see all copies from $25.00!
22	Phaedra and Figaro: Racine's Phèdre more books like this by Jean Racine, Robert Lowell add to wishlist see all copies from $7.05! first editions \| SVS
23	Phaedra Britannica more books like this by Tony Harrison add to wishlist see all copies from $3.74! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	Phèdre, tragédie en 5 actes more books like this by Jean Racine, H. P. Salomon add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00!
25	Phedre: Phaedra more books like this by Jean Racine add to wishlist see all copies from $8.95!

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