Phèdre / Jean Racine ; a new translation by Ted Hughes.
1999
PQ1898 .A34 1999
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Title
Phèdre / Jean Racine ; a new translation by Ted Hughes.
Author
Uniform Title
Phèdre. English
Edition
1st American ed.
ISBN
0374231141
9780374231149
9780374231149
Imprint
New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Language
English
Description
87 p. ; 22 cm.
Exhibited
1999 Poets House Showcase.
Call Number
PQ1898 .A34 1999
Summary
A new translation of a 17th century French play based on an ancient Greek tragedy, a queen's love for her stepson who rejects her. So Phaedra commits suicide and in her note accuses Hippolytus of trying to seduce her, which causes King Theseus to banish his son. By the translator of Tales from Ovid.
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