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Jean Racine
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French dramatist (1639-1699)
Jean Racine was a French playwright who lived in the 17th century and is considered one of the most important figures in French drama. His works, written during a period when French theater flourished, established him as a master of tragedy and a lasting influence on European dramatic literature.
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- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- La Ferté-Milon
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Esther
- Genre
- tragedy
- Movement
- Classicism
- Image
- Jean Racine - Versailles MV 2926.jpg
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- date of death
- 1699-04-21
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- described by source
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- Jean Racine
- date of birth
- 1639-12-01
- name in native language
- Jean Racine
- place of burial
- Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
- date of baptism
- 1639-12-22
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- manner of death
- natural causes
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- National Gallery of Art
- writing language
- French
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Jean Racine, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Oeuvres de Jean Racine tome quatrieme
Oeuvres de Jean Racine .. tome premier
Oeuvres de Jean Racine .. tome second
Phedra: Game of mourning
Oeuvres diverses ; enrichies de notes et de préfaces
Oeuvres diverses ; enrichies de notes et de préfaces
Phedra: A mourning game
Letters.
Musik zu Athalia
Musik zu Athalia
Athalia
Musik zu Athalia
A Laudes [Música notada] : choeur à trois voix égales
Andrómaca [Texto impreso] :]trajedia en cinco actos escrita en francés por el célebre Racine ; y traducida por M. Bretón de los Herreros
Athalie [Música notada] : choeur à trois voix égales
L'éternel [Música notada] :]choeur biblioque facile a 4 voix d'hommes
Phèdre ; Oui, Prince, je languis, je brûle pour Thésée (2ème acte)
Phèdre ; Oui, Prince, je languis, je brûle pour Thésée (2ème acte)
Phèdre ; Oui, Prince, je languis, je brûle pour Thésée (2ème acte)
Phèdre ; Oui, Prince, je languis, je brûle pour Thésée (2ème acte)
Phèdre ; Oui, Prince, je languis, je brûle pour Thésée (2ème acte)
Phèdre ; Oui, Prince, je languis, je brûle pour Thésée (2ème acte)
Andromacha
New Tragedy La Andromaca For another title, to the love of mother there is no affection that equals him
The enemy brothers: tragedy
Iphigenia: Game of mourning
Mithridate :Tragedie = Mithridates : Ein Trauer-Spiel
Esther: Tragedy in three elevators
Phedra: Game of mourning
Selected tragedies
Esther: tragédie sainte en trois actes
Athalia: a drama
Phedra: Game of mourning
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean-Baptiste Racine (/ræˈsiːn/ rass-EEN, US also /rəˈsiːn/ rə-SEEN; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʁasin]; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young.
Racine's plays displayed his mastery of the dodecasyllabic (12 syllable) French alexandrine. His writing is renowned for its elegance, purity, speed, and fury, and for what American poet Robert Lowell described as a "diamond-edge", and the "glory of its hard, electric rage". Racine's dramaturgy is marked by his psychological insight, the prevailing passion of his characters, and the nakedness of both plot and stage.
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