by Jean Racine, Alain Viala · Larousse Editions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782038716801
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«Andromaque» is the tragedy by Jean Racine, edited by Alain Viala, published by Larousse in paperback (224 pages, in French).
Andromaque, a tragedy in five acts premiered in 1667, is set in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Its protagonist, Andromache, widow of Hector, tries to protect her son Astyanax while the characters around her move between love, duty, revenge and sacrifice, in a climate of political and personal tension.
Number 16 in Larousse's Petits Classiques collection, it includes the complete text in French and adds a presentation to approach the work and a reading proposal.
Recommended for students of French literature and for lovers of classical theatre.
Jean-Baptiste Racine 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 world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young.
