by Jean Racine · Editions Du Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782038701395
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«Athalie» is the tragedy by Jean Racine, published in the Classiques Larousse collection in paperback (175 pages, in French).
Set in the ancient kingdom of Judah, the work focuses on Queen Athalie and the religious and political conflicts surrounding her throne. It is a classic French tragedy that combines the struggle for power with the tensions of the court.
The work dates from 1690.
May appeal to students of French and readers of classic French 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.
