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Phaedra
Phaedra
Author: Racine, Richard Wilbur (Translator)
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. Int...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780156757805
ISBN-10: 015675780X
Publication Date: 9/4/1987
Pages: 132
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Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
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