Phaedra is consumed with passion for Hippolytus, her stepson. Believing her husband dead, she confesses her love to him and is rebuffed. When her husband returns alive, Phaedra convinces him that it was Hippolytus who attempted to seduce her. In his interpretation, Racine replaced the stylized tragedy with human-scale characters and actions. Introduction by Richard Wilbur.
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Phaedra: Translated into English Verse by Richard Wilbur
Phaedra is consumed with passion for Hippolytus, her stepson. Believing her husband dead, she confesses her love to him and is rebuffed. When her husband returns alive, Phaedra convinces him that it was Hippolytus who attempted to seduce her. In his interpretation, Racine replaced the stylized tragedy with human-scale characters and actions. Introduction by Richard Wilbur.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780547563978 |
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| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Publication date: | 09/04/1987 |
| Sold by: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 132 |
| Sales rank: | 171,122 |
| File size: | 453 KB |
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