Racine the practising dramatist had been in some danger of being crowded out from the numerous books on his psychology and style.
In this critical study of the man and his work, first published in 1951 and this slightly revised edition originally in 1973, Dr Brereton’s guiding principle has been to make the factual basis as accurate as it can be in the light of modern research. The result is the portrait of a sensitive and attractive figure which is none the worse for being shorn of certain legends.
Author(s): Geoffrey Brereton
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 389
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Principal Dates
Introduction
Part I: The Varied Prospect
Chapter I. Boyhood and Port-Royal
Chapter II. Paris and the Vitarts
Chapter III. Uzès
Part II: Through the Jungle
Chapter IV. The Theatre in 1663
Chapter V. Racine's Début: La Thébaïde and Alexandre
Chapter VI. The Break with Port-Royal
Chapter VII. Andromaque
Chapter VIII. Life and Death of the Du Parc. Les Plaideurs
Chapter IX. The Challenge of Corneille
Chapter X. The Assault on Corneille: Britannicus
Chapter XI. The Defeat of Corneille: Bérénice
Chapter XII. Patrons, Friends and Lovers
Chapter XIII. A Turkish Interlude: Bajazet
Chapter XIV. The Fruits of Success. Mithridate, Iphigénie
Chapter XV. The Quarrel of Phèdre
Chapter XVI. Phèdre
Part III: The Promised Land
Chapter XVII. Towards Security
Chapter XVIII. The Dramatist Re-born: Esther and Athalie
Chapter XIX. The Eternal Theatre
Chapter XX. The Bourgeois Years: Family and Religion
Chapter XXI. The Last Phase
Chapter XXII. The Originality of Racine
Appendix: La Voisin's Testimony
Notes
Bibliographical Note
Index
