198230
9780156757805
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.Racine, Jean is the author of 'Phaedra', published 1987 under ISBN 9780156757805 and ISBN 015675780X.
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