by Jean Racine · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782011685452
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«Phèdre» is the tragedy by Jean Racine, published by Hachette in paperback (223 pages, in French).
The play presents Phaedra, wife of Theseus, consumed by a forbidden love, and Hippolytus, tormented by a painful secret. In Troezen, the wait for Theseus's return unleashes irreversible confessions and confronts the characters with a family curse.
It belongs to the Bibliolycée collection (number 8) and, in addition to the complete annotated text, includes analysis questionnaires and a presentation of Racine and his era.
School edition, suitable for high school students and for readers who want to approach classical French theater with didactic support.
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.
