A critical edition of Racine's Ph?dre . The introduction
examines the central facets of the play's enduring capacity to move and
disturb its audience and readers, and includes a survey of 20th century
productions. There is a section on versification and language, and a
glossary is included.
Richard Parish is Professor of French at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Catherine's College. His publications include Pascal's 'Lettres Provinciales': a study in polemic (1989), Racine: the limits of tragedy (1993) and the Bristol Classical Press edition of Moliere's Le Tartuffe (1994).
A critical edition of Racine's Phedre . The introduction examines the central facets of the play's enduring capacity to move and disturb its audience and readers, and includes a survey of 20th century productions. There is a section on versification and language, and a glossary is included.