by Jean Racine · Larousse Editions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782038716825
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«Phèdre» is a tragedy by Jean Racine, published by Larousse in paperback (208 pages, in French).
The work invites us to ask what monster lurks in the story: the queen who loves and hates herself, the confidante who tries to save her, or the cursed past of a family. Racine adapts the myth of Phaedra and turns her forbidden passion into a drama of jealousy, guilt, and destruction.
This edition belongs to Larousse's Petits Classiques collection and includes the complete text in French, with a presentation for approaching the work and a suggested way to read it.
An edition designed for students and readers interested in classical 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.
