{"product_id":"the-complete-plays-of-jean-racine-volume-3-iphigenia-paperback-2","title":"The Complete Plays of Jean Racine: Volume 3: Iphigenia - 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 Racine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Alan Argent\u003c\/b\u003e (Commentaries by), \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Alan Argent\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the third volume of a projected translation into English of all twelve of Jean Racine's plays--only the third time such a project has been undertaken. For this new translation, Geoffrey Alan Argent has rendered these plays in the verse form that Racine might well have used had he been English: namely, the \"heroic\" couplet. Argent has exploited the couplet's compressed power and flexibility to produce a work of English literature, a verse drama as gripping in English as Racine's is in French. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplementing the translation are the illuminating Discussion, intended as much to provoke discussion as to provide it, and the extensive Notes and Commentary, which offer their own fresh and thought-provoking insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIphigenia\u003c\/i\u003e, his ninth play, Racine returns to Greek myth for the first time since \u003ci\u003eAndromache\u003c\/i\u003e. To Euripides's version of the tale he adds a love interest between Iphigenia and Achilles. And dissatisfied with the earlier resolutions of the Iphigenia myth (her actual death or her eleventh-hour rescue by a \u003ci\u003edea ex machina\u003c\/i\u003e), Racine creates a wholly original character, Eriphyle, who, in addition to providing an intriguing new denouement, serves the dual dramatic purpose of triangulating the love interest and galvanizing the wholesome \"family values\" of this play by a jolt of supercharged passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Alan Argent is an independent scholar residing in Pennsylvania. He has received a 2011 American Book Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Fratricides, \u003c\/i\u003e the first volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Plays of Jean Racine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45678671331525,"sku":"9780271048604","price":61.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/LHMzYPepSu9780271048604.webp?v=1781220740","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-complete-plays-of-jean-racine-volume-3-iphigenia-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}