by Jean Racine · Larousse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035839091
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«Iphigénie» is the tragedy by Jean Racine, published by Larousse in paperback (175 pages, in French).
Iphigénie, innocent and virtuous, is the daughter Agamemnon must sacrifice so the gods grant wind to the Greek fleet bound for Troy. The oracle unleashes family furies and acts as a mirror of human passions: tenderness, devotion, cowardice and excess.
Petits Classiques Larousse collection, number 42; 2008 edition with complete text, introductory dossier, analysis of the work and iconography.
Didactic edition part of the French school curriculum, aimed at secondary and high school students.
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.
