{"product_id":"three-plays-of-racine-phaedra-andromache-and-britannicus-paperback","title":"Three Plays of Racine: Phaedra, Andromache, and Britannicus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Baptiste Racine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"George Dillon has elected for speed and clarity; his speed, of which short quotations can impart no notion, is his equivalent for Racine's impetuous dexterity with the French Alexandrine. . . . Momentum, in such a version, is everything. It stands as a homage to Racine's strength of construction . . . and to the expressive power of his themes, on which Mr. Dillon's prefaces have eloquent and sensible things to say.\"-Hugh Kenner, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"His literal and flexible blank verse actually forms the nearest thing in English to the longer-measured rhymed couplets of Racine; even an ordinary reading aloud of so faithful a rendering provides something of the experience that Proust described.\"-Elliott Coleman, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A superb introduction . . . flawless translations, infused with poetic fire and charm.\"-Margaret Carpenter, \u003ci\u003eNorfolk Virginian-Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1968) was the editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e and author of two collections of poems, \u003ci\u003eBoy in the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Flowering Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1931 he won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Dillon was co-translator, with Edna St. Vincent Millay, of Baudelaire's \u003ci\u003eFlowers of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.01 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52502873375027,"sku":"9780226150772","price":48.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZDJEbTJJQ3NlR3lHbVNFVEphcGpqZz09.webp?v=1760158569","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/three-plays-of-racine-phaedra-andromache-and-britannicus-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}